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

An American Muslim Convert Saves Lives

Meet Todd Shea, affectionately known as “Disaster Man.” An American Muslim convert on a mission. When a natu

Farhana Qazi | January 7th, 2014

The Afterlife of Malcolm X

“He was a statesman without a state, a revolutionary, an outlaw…” said Yasiin Bey (aka Mos Def) about

Sohail Daulatzai | May 19th, 2015

Reading Can Save Your Life

As I sat at home, listening to the Baroque station on my Echo and reading a book against a backsplash of mismatched anti

Wafa Unus | April 5th, 2017

IRAQ: THE DOWNWARD SPIRAL

Abstract (Summary) Within the cauldron of emotions about to boil over: grief, fear, rage, helplessness and horror; ther

Islamica | January 24th, 2005

The New Kid at Ramadan Jitters

Last week Shelley discussed her worries about returning home, to a small, white and Christian town and family in Califor

Shelley Burke | July 22nd, 2013

7 Things You Should Know About the Crisis in Burma

There are 60 million refugees and displaced people in the world today, the most since the end of World War II. Almost ha

Adem Carroll | November 7th, 2015

If Islam is the Solution, It’s Also The Problem

Is Frederick Starr Right? f it’s “moderate Islam” you want, S. Frederick Starr argues, “loo

Haroon Moghul | February 27th, 2014

A Defense of the Powerful: Critiquing The Muslim 500

A royal institute in the Middle East has come out with its latest version of the 500 most influential muslims of the wor

S. F. Clemons | November 23rd, 2013

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