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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

US Election Perspective Series: Bernie Sanders Should Force a Fight at the Convention

Editor’s note: Send us your opinion and it might get published in this ongoing series! Editor [at] theislamicmonth

The Islamic Monthly Staff | June 16th, 2016

Reading rubbish

[Headnote] The less you know, the more money you make BY HAROON MOGHUL

Haroon Moghul | October 5th, 2007

The Past is Present for American Muslims

Donald Trump has just been inaugurated and Muslims across America are justifiably scared. This is by no means, however,

Will Caldwell | January 27th, 2017

OBITUARIES: Aslan Maskhadov

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

Islamica | July 27th, 2005

The Brain Training Hype

I pull into the parking lot of my local market and take out my phone to review the shopping list. Bread, milk, eggs, 10

Wafa Unus | December 7th, 2016

Elegy for an Iraq that was

[Headnote] The invasion of Iraq heralded uncalculable loss and devastation to a nation. RANA KABBANI recalls memories of

Islamica | October 3rd, 2006

Muslim kids are more difficult to raise…or is it a parenting thing?

Let me explain a few things. I am a writer and a mother. During my twelve-year marriage, I nurtured a blended family of

Deonna Kelli | March 12th, 2013

Is Islam Violent?

In the wake of the Paris attacks on November 13, and in the wake of previous (and future?) attacks in the West, “I

Hasan Azad | December 15th, 2015

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