TY  - BOOK
AU  - Virji,Ayaz
AU  - Eisenstock,Alan
TI  - Love thy neighbor: a Muslim doctor's struggle for home in rural America 
SN  - 9780525577201
AV  - R608.V57 A3 2019b
U1  - R 608.V57 VIR 
PY  - 2019///
CY  - New York
PB  - crown Publishing 
KW  - Virji, Ayaz.
KW  - Muslim physicians
KW  - United States
KW  - Biography
KW  - Physicians
KW  - Muslims
KW  - Islam
KW  - Relations
KW  - Christianity
KW  - Christianity and other religions
KW  - Biography / Autobiography
KW  - Personal Memoirs
KW  - Ethnic Studies - General
KW  - Religious Intolerance, Persecution & Conflict
KW  - RELIGION / Islam / General
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - SOCIAL SCIENCE / Discrimination & Race Relations
KW  - BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Religious
KW  - BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Social Activists
KW  - Politics and government
KW  - 21st century
KW  - Autobiographies
KW  - lcgft
N1  - Tough questions -- Where am I? -- Dignified medicine -- Jihad -- Fallout -- Logic and sincerity -- Faith is what you do -- "Islam supports terrorism" -- Her choice, not mine -- Sharia law -- Breathe -- What will it take?
N2  - "A powerful true story about a Muslim doctor's service to a small town and the hope of overcoming our country's climate of hostility and fear. In 2013, Dr. Ayaz Virji left a comfortable job at an East Coast hospital and moved to a town of 1,400 in Minnesota, feeling called to address the shortage of doctors in rural America. But in 2016, this decision was tested when the reliably blue, working-class county swung for Donald Trump. Virji watched in horror as his children faced anti-Muslim remarks at school and some of his most loyal patients began questioning whether he belonged in the community. Virji wanted out. But in 2017, just as he was lining up a job in Dubai, a local pastor invited him to speak at her church and address misconceptions about what Muslims practice and believe. That invitation has grown into a well-attended lecture series that has changed hearts and minds across the state, while giving Virji a new vocation that he never would have expected. In [this book], Virji relates this story in a gripping, unforgettable narrative that shows the human consequences of our toxic politics, the power of faith and personal conviction, and the potential for a renewal of understanding in America's heartland."--Dust jacket
ER  -