The Islamic Monthly

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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

Why Don’t We Care About Right-Wing Terrorists?

Most observers and analysts today are happy to emphasize the role of “ideology” in the still-not-so-well-und

Steven Zhou | July 3rd, 2017

Muslim Institution Stakeholders Should Work With LGBT Muslims

Popular Muslim scholars support the death punishment for homosexuality under Islamic law. Noted Muslim academics claim t

Junaid Jahangir | May 17th, 2017

Got Fasting on the Brain?

Ramadan has begun. For myself, the start of Ramadan marks a sort of “New Year.” I think about the ways in wh

Wafa Unus | June 2nd, 2017

Co-Dependence: Why Do We Still Rely on Liberals To Defend Muslims?

Situational Discomfort When I think about Ben Affleck standing up to Bill Maher and Sam Harris, I am pleased. Then I sta

Mehrunisa Qayyum | April 18th, 2015

OBITUARIES: Aslan Maskhadov

Abstract (Summary) Putin's atrocious military campaign in Chechnya earned the scorn of then presidential candidate Geor

Islamica | July 27th, 2005

Closing the Respect Gap with Iran

In the summer of 2014, Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif took to the front grounds of the foreign ministry b

Sam Khanlari | November 12th, 2015

Energy Reform and the BP Oil Spill

America was in a frenzy after millions of gallons of oil spilled into the Gulf of Mexico. So much so that “BP oil

Dina Badawy | June 17th, 2012

Happy Someone Else’s New Year

Entirely unscientifically, and heavily skewed towards recently, I share end-of-year moments from American Islam, hints a

Haroon Moghul | December 30th, 2013

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