The Islamic Monthly

AN AWARD-WINNING, NONRELIGIOUS
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2016 Silver Award of Distinction
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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 Balance of Motherhood in Ramadan

I had always heard growing up that one of the goals of Ramadan is to bring out the best in a Muslim. In addition to pray

Saadia Faruqi | August 1st, 2013

Fiqh or Fiction

Abstract (Summary) Islamic leases, or ijarahs, are an example of a securitizable instrument. Because lessors have the r

Islamica | January 24th, 2005

Real Muslims Join al-Qaeda

There is a new declared Islamic State–and Caliph–what does that mean? It’s a measure of how poo

Haroon Moghul | June 30th, 2014

I am a Muslim But I Don’t Feel Like a Very Good One

Ramadan comes every year in wonder, without fail. I know it will come. I know it is coming. It has now ended. But what s

Rana Alrabi | August 7th, 2013

Who Will Save Israel from Itself?

[Headnote] A rogue state hides behind the façade of "democracy" as a grieving world awaits messianic intervention BY MA

Islamica | April 8th, 2009

21 Egyptians. Beheaded by ISIS.

On January 3rd, around 2 a.m. in the coastal Libyan city of Sirte, masked gunmen banged on the door of a dormitory for E

Jonathan Rashad | March 4th, 2015

Protocols of the Elders of Mecca

The Muslim Brotherhood Terrorist Designation Act of 2017 was a piece of congressional legislation introduced b

Arsalan Iftikhar | December 18th, 2017

Islamism at a Crossroads: The role of ex-Muslim Brotherhood members in Egypt

‘Egypt fighting terrorism’. This seems to be the new mantra of all Egyptian television stations, both state

Walaa Quisay | October 2nd, 2013

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