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

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

THE JOURNEY TO QALBIYYA

[Headnote] Invited by Morocco's American Language Center, author Daniel Abdal-Hayy Moore travels the mystical towns of i

Islamica | July 27th, 2005

Treating Lone-Actor Terrorists Like School Shooters

A Better Approach than Countering Violent Extremism Terrorism analyst Peter Bergen wrote a thoughtful op-ed in earl

Alejandro Beutel | February 11th, 2016

Welcome to the Post-Osama Era

During the waning midnight hours of a late Sunday evening on May 1, 2011, United States President Barack Obama walked in

Arsalan Iftikhar | June 17th, 2012

Perspective: The Trump Trap

By: Atif Qarni Atif has been the TIM “go to” Muslim Democrat in our ongoing series here. The Republic

The Islamic Monthly Staff | July 22nd, 2016

Photos from the Ground – Peshawar, Pakistan

A school in Pakistan was stormed by Taliban gunman today, killed over 140 students and injuring many more. Early r

The Islamic Monthly Staff | December 16th, 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

How to Build a Mosque in America and Watch it Burn to the Ground: Victoria, Texas Edition

By Dr. Shahid Hashmi, as told to TIM Editors. By the time I arrived around 2 a.m. last Friday, firemen were already pour

The Islamic Monthly Staff | February 7th, 2017

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