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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.

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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

Trump and Muslims: How Far Can He Go?

As Donald Trump is inaugurated the nation’s 45th president, American Muslims are understandably nervous about what

Mohammad Fadel | January 20th, 2017

The Prayer of the American Muslim

“Please, God, don’t let them be Muslims.” This is the prayer of the American Muslim in 2015. The praye

Zeinab Chami | December 3rd, 2015

TIM 24 Hour Debates — US Elections Debate #2

The Following is a LIVE online debate. The debate is between one of the most prominent American Muslim Republican Trump

The Islamic Monthly Editors | October 27th, 2016

Perspective: Watching Hillary and Taking Pride

By: Aisha J. Shah As I attended the 2016 Democratic National Convention (DNC) in Philadelphia, I reminisced about the 20

The Islamic Monthly Staff | July 29th, 2016

Does an Elephant Forget?

When my wife and I recently travelled to Sri Lanka, I had the opportunity to take a sunset ride on an Asian elephant. I

Howard Axelrod | May 29th, 2017

One Woman’s ‘Spiritual Rejuvenation’ Is Another’s ‘Unholy Act’

“Perhaps a great deed is belittled by an intention. And perhaps a small deed, by a sincere intention, is made grea

Shireen Ahmed | August 8th, 2013

Pushing beyond the headlines

Halima Aden, 19, was the first hijabi to compete in the Miss Minnesota USA beauty pageant in late November and made it a

The Islamic Monthly Editors | December 15th, 2016

Prophets and Problems on the Silver Screen, from Moses to Muhammad (PBUH)

“Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows.” — 1

Emad El-Din Aysha | October 14th, 2015

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