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

The Freshman 15: Zaytuna College

The inaugural class of America’s first Islamic college has high aspirations. But can it help end Islamophobia? Zay

Alissa Figueroa | June 17th, 2012

A terrorist?

The Ft. Hood shooter was identified as a white Iraqi war vet named Ivan Lopez, who was undergoing psychological t

The Islamic Monthly Staff | April 3rd, 2014

WIND OF CHANGE

[Headnote] The monsoon winds brought Islam to Southeast Asia. Lucien de Guise wonders when interest in the region's Isla

Islamica | April 2nd, 2006

Do Not Reanimate: The Ethics of Bringing Back the Dead for the Silver Screen

Scholars, academics and even great Roman philosophers have discussed the power of the visual image. In the context of ne

Wafa Unus | May 3rd, 2017

When Muslims Mock ISIS

It’s ok to poke fun at terrorist groups. Last weekend, when Dakota Johnson starred as a young woman being escorted

Farhana Qazi | March 7th, 2015

Meet State Department’s New Head of Religious Outreach

On July 15, 2013, Secretary of State John Kerry appointed Shaun Casey to become the Special Advisor to the Secretary of

Arsalan Iftikhar | December 14th, 2013

Here is A Message from Just Your #ActualMuslims

I was born and raised in Chicago to immigrant parents. I now have three kids of my own who are third generation American

Omar S. Ali | August 6th, 2016

TIM EXCLUSIVE: Boston Marathon Saudi “Suspect” Speaks Out

Abdulrahman Ali Alharbi In His Own Voice Interviewed by Amina Chaudary, TIM Editor-in-Chief, in Boston, MA Read t

Editor in Chief - A.C. | May 21st, 2013

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