The Islamic Monthly

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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

45 Watch: The Devil Went Down to Congress

In his poem “The Generous Player,” the French poet Charles Baudelaire envisions an enchanted encounter with

Obaid H. Siddiqui | March 23rd, 2017

Clasp of Nations: Turkey and the EU

Abstract (Summary) The Copenhagen Criteria mentioned in the report are a precondition to negotiations and require that

Islamica | April 26th, 2005

Syrian Healthcare System in Danger

When Dr. Mohammed got the call, he left Syria that night. The feared secret police, or mukhabarat, wanted to ‘talk

Souheila Al-Jadda | January 17th, 2014

The Feudal Economics of NCAA’s March Madness

So, why aren’t the players paid? No matter what team walks away with the NCAA basketball title next week, someone

S. F. Clemons | March 31st, 2014

“I Was on Dr. Phil, and as a Muslim woman, I felt Wrongly Portrayed.”

A young Muslim woman was invited to be a guest on Dr. Phil with her mother. Four months after, and as the video o

Abby - Kristin Nicole Ritchie | July 11th, 2014

Not One or the Other: Class and Identity Politics

After taking a trip to Cuba, Harvard professor Henry Louis Gates had this to say about pervasive racism there: “I

Devan Hawkins | February 16th, 2017

I hate my mom!…but then i’ll be damned

I Hate my Mom! But then, I’ll be Damned! The perils of navigating the religious context of motherhood. I grew

Nadya T. | October 31st, 2014

America, the Fragile Ever-Evolving Arabesque

October 3, 1965 Congress had just passed the Immigration Act that reversed the U.S.’s official policy of promoting

Sherman Jackson | July 3rd, 2013

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