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

MEMORIALIZING THE SACRED IN THE ISLAMIC CIVILIZATION CONTEXT

[Headnote] Sacred sites, whether related to people, relics or places, have been sources of blessings for the Umma since

Islamica | January 1st, 2006

Does a Women-only Pool Mean Segregation? Not Quite.

What does it mean to have separate spaces for women and men? Is a women-only pool, for example, exclusive or discriminat

Michael Vicente Perez | March 30th, 2014

The Iran Deal and the Future of the Middle East

The recent announcement of an agreement in principle between the United States and Iran on the future of the Iranian nuc

Mohammad Fadel | April 6th, 2015

As a Muslim Woman, I Need You to Vote Hillary

The reports of the Trump campaign’s death are greatly exaggerated — a recent tracker poll has Donald Trump o

Ilhan Cagri | November 3rd, 2016

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

US Election Perspective Series: Muslims Should Vote Republican

Editor’s note: Send us your opinion and it might get published in this ongoing series! Editor [at] theislamicmonth

The Islamic Monthly Editors | May 9th, 2016

Western Muslims and the Obsession of Liang Qi-Chao

Ever since the imperial armies of the West, fuelled by technological and material advantages, encroached upon its eventu

Steven Zhou | January 3rd, 2015

Should we wage Jihad against ourselves?

Author’s note: While the Islamic State is revolting to regain the territory of the old Umayyad Caliphate, McWorld

Stefan Franz | August 28th, 2014

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