The Islamic Monthly

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2017 Silver Award of Distinction
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The magazine was co-founded and run by three American Muslim women in 2010 inspired by the publication's former magazine, Islamica. The magazine successfully printed bi-annullly from 2011-2018 with daily digital content and exclusive interviews in the form of print, audio and visual stories. The magazine's core principle was to allow for a space for stories of all kinds related to American Muslims, while striving for abiding by ethical journalism. Despite it's many successes, including a number of exclusive interviews and having articles referenced in mainstream press in America often, and challenges the magazine could not sustain itself or find the proper funding to continue publishing. It never officially shuttered but stopped active publishing in 2018.

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The Unpredictable Nation: America In the Age of Trump

WINTER/SPRING 2017

Are American Muslims The Pivotal Hot Button Issue This Election?

SUMMER/FALL 2016

Mass Movement to Nowhere

WINTER/SPRING 2015-2016

Racism Changes

SPRING/SUMMER 2015

New Perspectives on America's Muslims

FALL/WINTER 2014

Will America Ever Move Past Racism?

SPRING/SUMMER 2014

New Faces of America: Leaders, Politicians and Entrepreneurs

FALL 2013

What if Obama Wins? Loses? What’s at Stake for Muslims?

FALL 2012

Radioactive Muslims: American Muslims as Outsiders

WINTER/SPRING 2012

The Revolution or Evolution of the East

SUMMER/FALL 2011

2011 and Reflections on the Past Year

2011

Featured Pieces

Your Map is Lying to You: Power, Confidence, and Stuff You Can’t Afford

In a world dominated by discussions of an “East” and a “West”, TIM asks the question: How

Haroon Moghul | May 1st, 2013

An Open Letter Response to Secretary of State John Kerry

Dear Mr. Secretary, Thank you for your kind words. September 11 is among the saddest days in recent U.S.

Misha Fazal | September 11th, 2013

The Saudi-Iranian Geosectarian Struggle

While the Muslim world is plagued with the scourge of religiously inspired armed nonstate actors, geosectarianism is ano

Kamran Bokhari | September 1st, 2015

BDS sparked by TIM: debates and dialogue

BDS sparked by TIM: debates and dialogue August 15, 2014 by: Daniel Tutt I take on the role of an ombudsmen, or public e

The Ombudsman - Daniel Tutt | August 15th, 2014

Syria’s saving will be through its women

Picture this: Your life, torn up from its roots, has suddenly turned into the norm in a world that only pays you lip ser

Laila Alawa | April 26th, 2016

Reza Aslan on the America of Today

Editor’s note: The following interview took place in August 2015 between Reza Aslan and TIM EIC Amina Chaudary Rez

Editor in Chief - A.C. | October 9th, 2015

Yes he did, but what will he do now?

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Islamica | April 8th, 2009

REFLECTIONS IN A BLOODSHOT LENS: AMERICA, ISLAM, AND THE WAR OF IDEAS

Abstract (Summary) Amid the growing pile of books with variations on the ideas of Why We are Losing the War on Terror a

Islamica | October 5th, 2007

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