Read Anywhere and on Any Device!

Subscribe to Read | $0.00

Join today and start reading your favorite books for Free!

Create Free Account

Love Thy Neighbor: A Muslim Doctor's Struggle for Home in Rural America

Alan Eisenstock

4/5 ( ratings)

A devout Muslim doctor moves to small-town America, where his mission to bring medical care to underserved rural communities is put in jeopardy by the furor of the 2016 election.

Ayaz Virji is a medical doctor and a devout Muslim who believes that "Faith is what you do." In 2013, feeling called to practice dignified medicine in underserved rural areas, he left a comfortable job at an urban hospital and moved his family to the town of Dawson, Minnesota .

For Ayaz, his wife, and their three children, Dawson became home. But in 2016, the reliably blue, working-class county swung for Donald Trump, and the Virjis watched in horror as the fears stoked by anti-Muslim rhetoric changed the world around them. At school, their son was told, "Your mother is a part-time suicide bomber." On the morning after the votes were tallied, Virji's son asked, "Dad, can we just pretend not to be Muslim so we can stay in America?"

Virji wanted out, but in February 2017, just as he was lining up a job in Dubai, a local Lutheran pastor invited him to speak at her church to address her congregation's misconceptions about what Muslims actually believe. That invitation has now turned into a well-attended lecture series that has changed hearts and minds all across the state and drawn attention from national media.

Beautifully written, with scene after unforgettable scene, Love Thy Neighbor is a bracing, inspiring memoir about serving a community in need despite resistance, and an unheralded story of how one man's courage sparked a "micro revolution" of change and understanding in America's heartland.

Language: English

Pages: 6

Format: Audiobook

Publisher: Random House Audio

Release: June 11, 2019

ISBN: 1984884026

ISBN 13: 9781984884022

Love Thy Neighbor: A Muslim Doctor's Struggle for Home in Rural America

Alan Eisenstock

4/5 ( ratings)

A devout Muslim doctor moves to small-town America, where his mission to bring medical care to underserved rural communities is put in jeopardy by the furor of the 2016 election.

Ayaz Virji is a medical doctor and a devout Muslim who believes that "Faith is what you do." In 2013, feeling called to practice dignified medicine in underserved rural areas, he left a comfortable job at an urban hospital and moved his family to the town of Dawson, Minnesota .

For Ayaz, his wife, and their three children, Dawson became home. But in 2016, the reliably blue, working-class county swung for Donald Trump, and the Virjis watched in horror as the fears stoked by anti-Muslim rhetoric changed the world around them. At school, their son was told, "Your mother is a part-time suicide bomber." On the morning after the votes were tallied, Virji's son asked, "Dad, can we just pretend not to be Muslim so we can stay in America?"

Virji wanted out, but in February 2017, just as he was lining up a job in Dubai, a local Lutheran pastor invited him to speak at her church to address her congregation's misconceptions about what Muslims actually believe. That invitation has now turned into a well-attended lecture series that has changed hearts and minds all across the state and drawn attention from national media.

Beautifully written, with scene after unforgettable scene, Love Thy Neighbor is a bracing, inspiring memoir about serving a community in need despite resistance, and an unheralded story of how one man's courage sparked a "micro revolution" of change and understanding in America's heartland.

Language: English

Pages: 6

Format: Audiobook

Publisher: Random House Audio

Release: June 11, 2019

ISBN: 1984884026

ISBN 13: 9781984884022

More books from Alan Eisenstock

Love Thy Neighbor: A Muslim Doctor's Struggle for Home in Rural America

4.3/5 ( ratings)

Playing God: The Evolution of a Modern Surgeon

4.5/5 ( ratings)

13 Days in Ferguson

Playing God: The Evolution of a Modern Surgeon

The Holy Thief: A Con Man's Journey from Darkness to Light

13 Days in Ferguson: A Memoir

In Stitches

Barack Like Me: The Chocolate-Covered Truth

The Holy Thief: A Con Man's Journey from Darkness to Light

The Handoff: A Memoir of Two Guys, Sports, and Friendship

I'm Not Gonna Lie: And Other Lies You Tell When You Turn 50 Deluxe

Flipping Boxcars

The Holy Thief: A Con Man's Journey from Darkness to Light

Stay Hungry

Warrior: A Memoir

Rate this book!

Write a review?