Love Thy Neighbor: A Muslim Doctor's Struggle for Home in Rural America is a 2019[1] novel by Ayaz Virji with Alan Eisenstock.
[2][3][4] In 2013, Dr. Ayaz Virji moves his family from Harrisburg, Pennsylvania to Dawson, Minnesota, leaving his job at a large hospital to practice at a small, rural one.
[3][5][6] The Virjis felt at-home in the Dawson community, despite the fact that they were the only Muslims in town, until the 2016 presidential election.
The talks received mixed reviews from residents, but Virji went on to give more than 25 lectures, including addressing the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America's national celebration of the 500th anniversary of the Protestant Reformation in 2017.
[5][8] The novel jumps between tellings of Virji's lectures throughout Minnesota and his and his family's experiences with Islamophobia following the 9/11 attacks and the 2016 election.