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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

“They Ignored the Warnings”

[Headnote] Turning a blind eye to reality

Islamica | January 29th, 2006

Destroyed Hospitals; Forgotten Responsibilities

The internationally recognized red moon of the Syrian Arab Red Crescent in Aleppo has been painted white. Ambulances acr

Fatima Syed | May 9th, 2016

Omar Khadr and the Passion of Dennis Edney

When I took a plane from Vancouver to Toronto in 2006 as 17-year-old, I was already full of piss and vinegar about what

Steven Zhou | May 11th, 2015

TIM 24 Hour Debates – US Elections Debate #1

The Following is a LIVE online debate Updates to the debate will be made daily. UPDATES: (all times in USA EST) 8/18/16

The Islamic Monthly Staff | August 8th, 2016

Domestic Terrorism at UNC-Chapel Hill

Dear America, Could you imagine if 300 million of us Americans woke up one morning to the breaking news that a gun-wield

Arsalan Iftikhar | February 12th, 2015

Jewish and Muslim Children Besieged by the Christmas Selling Season

Jewish and Muslim children, from an early age, became increasingly immersed in the national and religious culture of the

Rabbi Allen Maller | December 21st, 2016

Female Imams in America

“There are no female imams in America,” said Dr. Ihsan Bagby, professor of Islamic Studies at the University

Rachel Fawcett | April 8th, 2013

Hope Amid Europe’s Ticking Time Bomb

Greece was dying in the summer of 2013, and the drama around the event was as poignant as anything Sophocles has written

Akbar Ahmed | March 5th, 2018

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