What if Obama Wins? Loses? What's at stake for Muslims? (The Islamic Monthly Issue 4, Summer/Fall 2012)

Issue 4, Fall 2012 focuses on the U.S. presidential election. The stakes are high for candidates and their respective political parties, but the question for most Americans is: What does it mean for them? This issue probes further and asks: What if Obama wins or loses? What's at stake for Muslims? This issue also includes an exclusive with Thomas Friedman who focuses on America and its future of the Muslim world. It also includes a feature profiling notable American Muslim politicians, explores the aftermath of the first year after the Arab Spring, looking at the issue of suicide and the significance of Bouazizi's act in the larger context of revolution, resistance and theology, offers a portrait of a world renowned photographer Shahidul Alam, includes an emotional and personal essay from a mother of a chronically sick child, and includes an interview of Ayad Akhtar, author of American Dervish.