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

Don’t Throw Converts Under the Bus

One Imam’s idea of “vetting” people before they choose to convert to Islam. Two Canadian soldiers were

Davide Mastracci | November 2nd, 2014

Qandeel Baloch, Angelina Jolie, and the Cattiness of (Muslim) Women

The murder of provocative and seductive Pakistani social media star Qandeel Baloch, killed by her brother in an “h

Nadya T. | July 17th, 2016

There’s Only One Way To Stop Trump, and You Won’t Like It

With Rand Paul and Jeb Bush out of the race, there remains just one Republican candidate who does not absolutely terrify

Haroon Moghul | February 24th, 2016

Photo Essay: Post Revolution Egypt – Jonathan Rashad

Many of the Muslim Brotherhood were oppressed, jailed, and even tortured for years under Hosni Mubarak’s thirty-ye

Jonathan Rashad | March 2nd, 2013

MY YEAR INSIDE RADICAL ISLAM: A MEMOIR

Abstract (Summary) A MEMOIR By DAVEED GARTENSTEIN-ROSS [Jeremy P. Tarcher/Penguin, 293 pages, 2007] WHEN John Walker Li

Islamica | February 4th, 2007

As the Bombs Fall, Syrian Children Continue to Learn

“Aleppo is one of the most dangerous cities in the world,” Hassan Saied tells me over Skype. His voice is ca

Amarnath Amarasingam | February 18th, 2016

Trump is No Friend of the Iranian People

When President Donald Trump announced his administration’s long-awaited policy toward Iran this month, including h

Sam Khanlari | October 31st, 2017

Meccahattan

Historic destruction Mecca is best known as the long-held historically sacred space for global Muslims and the place whe

Dr. Irfan Al Alawi | September 11th, 2015

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