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.

This site is archived. The homepage below will select articles at random for your viewing. The previous print issues are also available for your viewing.

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

Never Have I Witnessed

Malcolm X and the Myth of his Post-Racial Hajj On April 13, 1964, Malcolm X left New York for Mecca, Saudi Arabia, via C

Zareena Grewal | October 5th, 2014

Interview with Hany Abu-Assad

Interviewed by Yasmine Hassan, TIM Associate Features Editor What was your experience like filming Omar in the West Bank

The Islamic Monthly Staff | February 26th, 2014

The Push for Petro in the 21st Century

With another interminable presidential campaign approaching, Americans grit their teeth as the aspirants to the White Ho

Chris Toensing | June 17th, 2012

The Art of Aadil Abedi: An Invitation for Conversation

At a time in this country when even the sight of Arabic writing can make some people nervous, Aadil Abedi, a London

Salma Hasan Ali | April 24th, 2017

THE SILK ROAD TO AL-QAIDA

[Headnote] The former Soviet republics of Central Asia have made few advances in the area of democratization. American p

Islamica | November 29th, 2005

Dave Eggers’ The Monk of Mokha: A Portal Into America’s Love Affair With Qahwa

Oh coffee, Oh story of lovers, You help me repel my sleep, You help me stay awake and worship my lord while people fell

Hina Tai | January 30th, 2018

Beyond the Palestinian Empathy Movement

In a recent article in The New York Review of Books titled “The American Jewish Cocoon,” Peter Beinart makes

Michael Vicente Perez | December 10th, 2013

Refugees and Prejudice in the Age of Trump

President Donald Trump’s crackdown on refugees has called to mind comparisons with the Franklin D. Roosevelt admin

Max Paul Friedman | March 3rd, 2017

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