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

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

Mark Juergensmeyer | June 18th, 2012

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

Maryam Eskandari | April 29th, 2013

BEYOND THE BORDERS OF HISTORY

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

Islamica | February 4th, 2007

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

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

Franklin Zemel | February 9th, 2017

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

Islamica | July 27th, 2005

Letter to Obama

[Headnote] The Muslim world is looking to Barack Obama for leadership on key issues

Arsalan Iftikhar | April 7th, 2009

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

Sharon Buchbinder | April 27th, 2015

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