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

Muftis and Fatwas

[Headnote] Interpreting Sacred Law By ASMA UDDIN

Islamica | October 3rd, 2006

The Minnesota Connection

The FBI has viewed Minnesota’s Somali community with intense suspicion for nearly two decades. Federal law enforce

Trevor Aaronson | December 19th, 2016

Why America Needs ISIS to be Islamic

Lurking in the background of Graeme Wood’s recent essay in the Atlantic titled “What ISIS Really Wants&rdquo

S. F. Clemons | March 2nd, 2015

Islamophobia is Made Up

Ask most people about the origin of anti-Muslim sentiment in the U.S. and they’ll inevitably refer to the terroris

Dalia Mogahed | September 25th, 2013

Of mice and Muslim psychoses

Today Muslims are experiencing large scale “psychoses”. Psychosis may be defined as an interpretation

Hasan Azad | January 17th, 2015

Black, Muslim, American: Interview with Louis Farrakhan

Interviewed by Michael Vicente Perez, TIM’s Deputy Editor, in 2007. The Islamic Monthly: In 1955, you joined the N

The Islamic Monthly Editors | February 27th, 2013

Syria’s saving will be through its women

Picture this: Your life, torn up from its roots, has suddenly turned into the norm in a world that only pays you lip ser

Laila Alawa | April 26th, 2016

SUFIS AND SCHOLARS OF THE SEA: FAMILY NETWORKS IN EAST AFRICA, 1860-1925

Abstract (Summary) [...] the tariqa 'Alawiyya seems to have greatly expanded its global network since the early 20th c,

Islamica | October 5th, 2007

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