Islamica Magazine
Islamica Magazine is a quarterly magazine based in the United States with editorial offices in London and Amman and international distribution. The staff aims to broaden perspectives on Islam and provide a forum for Muslims to articulate their concerns while establishing cross-cultural relations between Muslims and their neighbors and co-religionists. The magazine is produced in English and draws from leading scholars, thinkers, writers and activists from around the world. Islamica is a full color widely distributed periodical dedicated to presenting various perspectives and opinions on Islam and the Muslim world. Like Q News in the UK, Islamica aims to provide a source for alternative perspectives and ideas, events and issues shaping out world in the United States and around the world.
| Publisher | CICD |
|---|---|
| Total circulation (4) | 15,000 |
| Founded | 1992 |
| Country | International, based in United States |
| Language | American English |
History
The magazine was first published in 1992 in the UK, and re-launched in 2004 from Amman, Jordan. It was first constituted as a journal by Sohail Nakhooda, Tariq Kazi, Najma Jaweed, and others at the Islamic Society of the London School of Economics (LSE). The Islamic Society of LSE had an intellectually vibrant scene in the early 1990s and the creation of the magazine was a natural culmination of their campus work in promoting a more engaging Islamic discourse amongst university-educated Muslims. Being a campus initiative, even though sold internationally, it meant that once its team graduated that the project could not be sustainable. It therefore suspended publication for three years.
However, the tragic events of September 11th, 2001 led to dire need for authentic, reliable and reasonable Islamic voices. A new team was formed and Islamica was relaunched from Amman, Jordan as a full color magazine of opinion and analysis. Islamica is most widely distributed in the US, where it is currently available in select Borders and Barnes and Noble bookstores. It is also distributed in over 20 different countries around the world. The magazine is printed in Turkey.
Contributors
Contributors to Islamica Magazine draw from a broad cross section of academics, journalists and experts. Since its relaunch from Amman, Jordan, in 2004, Islamica has published contributions from: Samuel Huntington, Anwar Ibrahim, Abdal Hakim Murad, David Cole, Brannon Wheeler, Azhar Usman, Daniel Abdal-Hayy Moore, Haroon Moghul, John Esposito, Katherine Bullock, Michael Wolfe, Mostafa Al-Badawi, Sherman Jackson, Stephen Lathion, Ali Mazrui, HRH Prince Hasan, Robert Crane, Paul Eisen, William Dalrymple, Ali Jumuah, Osman Bakar and Abdallah Schlieffer among others.
Location
The magazine is based in the United States, with offices located in Amman, Jordan, Los Angeles, California, Cambridge, Massachusetts, and London, England. The periodical contains glossy pages with photography and layout, running about 128 pages.