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 Jewish Vote 2012

Despite assiduous efforts on the part of the organized Jewish community’s right wing – particularly those wh

Rabbi Michael Lerner | June 18th, 2012

Remembering Holbrooke

Richard Holbrooke, who died Dec. 13, 2010, at age 69, left an incredible career behind, and most of his friends thought

Azeem Ibrahim | June 17th, 2012

TIM Live Exclusive Interview: Inside the NYPD’s spying program

*Editor’s note, this interview was conducted in the Fall of 2013. TIM LIVE talks to AP reporter Matt Apuzzo to dis

The Islamic Monthly Staff | September 13th, 2013

Yes he did, but what will he do now?

Abstract (Summary) Dosing Guantanamo Bay, dispatching experienced envoys to the Middle East and Afghanistan, opening ch

Islamica | April 8th, 2009

Malaysia’s Missing Tiger

Ask anyone what he or she thinks about Malaysia and you will usually hear a story about one of Asia’s economic suc

Aasil K. Ahmad | June 17th, 2012

Abdullah ElShamy from Tora Prison: Journalism Is Not A Crime

Editor in Chief’s Note: Our Features Editor has been on assignment to pursue interviews with the AlJazeera

Yasmine Hassan | April 24th, 2014

Neither Here Nor There: On Losing My Snapchat Best Friend

Part I: E-World I remember when she called me baby boo for the first time. “Stupid auto-correct,” she said.

Hamdan Azhar | June 24th, 2015

America’s “Dirty Arab” Islamophobia Problem

Can you imagine if an Arab American man constantly harassed his White neighbors in Oklahoma with indefensible racial slu

Arsalan Iftikhar | August 17th, 2016

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