The Doctor is Now Unable to Practice Medicine in the US
By Harry Farley
Christian Today
A Muslim doctor says was forced to flee Pakistan after he received death threats for saving a Christian's life.
Although he paid out of his own pocket for the medicine to be replaced, he claims a representative from a conservative Islamic NGO was furious: "They attributed my lack of knowledge about the alms laws to the fact that I belong to a minority Muslim sect," he said.
The doctor, who is unnamed for security reasons, says he used emergency medicine donated through Islamic alms-giving to treat a Christian in urgent need of attention. Although the patient survived, the doctor was subject to abuse and threats because he did not know the alms-donated medicine was only to be used on Muslims.
Writing anonymously in the Guardian, he said: "The workplace discrimination gave way to threatening phone calls and vandalism of my car and bike.
"They found out my family lived in America and that I was alone. This made me an easy target. I was threatened with death at a medical conference."
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He fled and claimed asylum in the US, where his family were based. As part of the newspaper's 'How I got here' series on individual immigration stories, the doctor explained he is unable to practise medicine in America and described the "hard" life of an asylum seeker. Working part-time and studying the rest of the time to try he said he is trying to obtain a licence to practise medicine.
Writing anonymously in the Guardian, he said: "The workplace discrimination gave way to threatening phone calls and vandalism of my car and bike.
"They found out my family lived in America and that I was alone. This made me an easy target. I was threatened with death at a medical conference."
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He fled and claimed asylum in the US, where his family were based. As part of the newspaper's 'How I got here' series on individual immigration stories, the doctor explained he is unable to practise medicine in America and described the "hard" life of an asylum seeker. Working part-time and studying the rest of the time to try he said he is trying to obtain a licence to practise medicine.
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