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

Muslims 2012: The Most Radioactive Bloc in America

One day during the 2004 presidential election, I was sitting in the office of (the late) Democratic congresswoman from O

Arsalan Iftikhar | June 18th, 2012

Fuck Tha Police: A Rumination on Black Life and Death

In April, as I shuttled between cities, job and home, juggled personal obligations and student expectations, t

Su'ad Abdul Khabeer | February 26th, 2016

Europe: Rise and Fall of the Muslim Enemy

Smoke is clearing up after the battlefield. The defeat in May of Marine Le Pen in the French presidential elections and

Stefan Franz | June 14th, 2017

The Effect of “Islam” on the American Political Landscape

On February 3, 2016, Barack Obama finally made his first and only official visit to a mosque in the United States during

Asma Afsaruddin | November 6th, 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

ISIS Propaganda and How to Counter It

In Egyptian mythology, Isis is the goddess of motherhood and patroness of nature and magic. She flew over the Nile Valle

Shaimaa El Naggar | January 26th, 2015

Sex in the Mosque

Let’s Talk about Sex(ED) Item #66 on a list of ways that mosques could better connect with Muslim youth: Sex Educa

Krystina Friedlander | February 26th, 2013

The Future of Europe: IN ISLAM

[Headnote] Does the Pope's vision of the future of Europe include the full participation of the Muslim communities? And

Islamica | October 5th, 2007

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