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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

New Forms of Religion and Conflict in the Middle East

The horrible images of ISIS operatives in Iraq and Syria engaged in savage acts of terrorism and beheadings have erased

Mark Juergensmeyer | January 27th, 2015

Reza Aslan on the America of Today

Editor’s note: The following interview took place in August 2015 between Reza Aslan and TIM EIC Amina Chaudary Rez

Editor in Chief - A.C. | October 9th, 2015

The Final Presidential Debate

Donald Trump did better than the first debate. However, this does not mean he should win this election. His poll numbers

The Islamic Monthly Editors | October 20th, 2016

Ferguson: A View From the Other Side Of the Tracks

Getting up early in the morning and taking a shower I would often walk from my grandparents home to the 74 Florissant bu

Umar Lee | December 11th, 2014

ANDALUS/TRAVELS WITH A TANGERINE The Journey in the Footnotes of Ibn Battutah/THE TRAVELS OF IBN BATTUTAH/THE POLYMATH

Abstract (Summary) Having whetted appetites with some of the finest writing I have read this year; it is awkward to pro

Islamica | July 27th, 2005

Tariq Ramadan: My Absence Would Certainly Be The Most Powerful Speech I Have Ever Given At ISNA

On Sunday, August 10th, 2014, renowned and notable scholar and professor Dr. Tariq Ramadan posted on his webpage a piece

The Islamic Monthly Staff | August 14th, 2014

The Very Boring War Against ISIS

The world has a secret weapon against ISIS. It’s so dull, however, that I am confident that even in revealing it,

Haroon Moghul | December 18th, 2015

A Muslim’s Commentary on Benedict XVI’s Regensburg Lecture

[Headnote] In an effort to engage in honest dialogue with Pope Benedict XVl AREF NAYED, a theologian and former professo

Islamica | October 3rd, 2006

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