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Welcome to The Islamic Monthly's website!

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.

Featured Pieces

From the U.S. to Tahrir

From the U.S. to Tahrir

The long arc of jihadi activism may be coming to an end. Twenty years of terrorism that reached a crescendo on 9/11 may
From Stranded to Standard: Who’s to Blame for the Failure in Bangladesh Fire

From Stranded to Standard: Who’s to Blame for the Failure in Bangladesh Fire

News travels fast. News in Silicon Valley travels even faster. Two days before Ron Johnson resigned from Apple inc. to b
BEYOND THE BORDERS OF HISTORY

BEYOND THE BORDERS OF HISTORY

[Headnote] Lessons Isabellian Spain Should Learn in the 21st Century Modern Spain is still barkening back to its Reconqu
The Brain Training Hype

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
America’s Subtle Biases Against Muslims

America’s Subtle Biases Against Muslims

Written by Franklin Zemel and Ariel Deray Leaders of the Islamic Center of Western Suburbs wanted to build a mosque in D
THE FUTURE OF FREEDOM Illiberal Democracy at Home and Abroad

THE FUTURE OF FREEDOM Illiberal Democracy at Home and Abroad

Abstract (Summary) Zakaria is more concerned with the political reality of transitioning states, and as a result sets f
Letter to Obama

Letter to Obama

[Headnote] The Muslim world is looking to Barack Obama for leadership on key issues
Sex, Lies and Crime: Human Trafficking in the Middle East

Sex, Lies and Crime: Human Trafficking in the Middle East

In a previous issue of The Islamic Monthly, I examined the pervasiveness of human trafficking in Southeast Asia. This ar

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