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.

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

Emotion is not enough

[Headnote] How can religious faith be sustained in times of crisis? By FARAZ RABBANI

Islamica | November 29th, 2005

Interview Hasan Çelebi

Abstract (Summary) [...] I can't remember much of my life before I started training. [...] with khat, my hand stays ste

Islamica | January 24th, 2005

Obama on Drones and Bush on Torture

*first published in November 2013 in print Upon his election in 2008, President Barack Obama promised a new path forward

David Cole | September 1st, 2014

Living amongst the dead in Cairo: Egyptian life at cemeteries

Eman was elated. She was engaged and everything was ready for the wedding. Her family approved. The groom was good

Amanda Figueras | March 7th, 2015

On Seymour Hersh’s theory

American journalist Seymour Hersh, whose reporting of the 1969 My Lai massacre in Vietnam made him a legend, created som

Jahanzeb Hussain | September 30th, 2015

Hebron: The city of Abraham, the Beloved

Abstract (Summary) [...] recently, Christiah pilgrims used to peel off pieces of bark for good luck. According to him,

Islamica | April 26th, 2005

The Mechanics of Terror

[Headnote] The new century began with a rude awakening, creating previously undreamt of political and psychological mind

Islamica | April 26th, 2005

Discovering Kyrgyzstan

By Taylor Barnes We hunched over and gingerly made our way up the narrow stairs to the top of a minaret, with little gui

Taylor Barnes | March 12th, 2013

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