Dr. Mirza had lived in this small town for five years. He knew many of the people at the planning commission meeting that Tuesday night. He expected them, his patients and neighbors, to support him when he requested permission from the zoning board to build a mosque in a nearby village, on land he already owned. Instead, one person after another stood up to say that Islam was a religion of violence, that Muslims were using rural America to train jihadi soldiers, and that a mosque didn’t belong in their community. The board even asked Dr. Mirza if any military training would take place within the mosque. Dr. Mirza could barely control his grief and anger during the meeting (Ghosh 1).