EFFORT TO BLOCK THE FIRST
TRAVEL BAN.
THERE ARE ABOUT 3.3 MILLION
MUSLIMS LIVING IN THE UNITED
STATES.
FIVE OF THEM LIVE IN DAWSON,
MINNESOTA.
THAT'S A SMALL TOWN ABOUT 150
MILES WEST OF THE TWIN CITIES.
IT'S THE PLACE A FAMILY HAS
CALLED HOME FOR TWO YEARS.
THEY SAY THEIR FAITH HAS THEM
ON THE DEFENSIVE.
HOW A WOMAN OF ANOTHER FAITH
STEPPED IN.
THE GREAT WALL.
Reporter: LIKE MANY
FAMILIES, THEY LIKE TO TRAVEL.
THESE ARE JUST A FEW OF THEIR
FAVORITE PLACES.
PERHAPS THEIR BOLDESTED A
VANETURE WAS MOVING FROM
PENNSYLVANIA TO RURAL
MINNESOTA.
LEFT A LUCRATIVE LEADERSHIP
POSITION.
THAT HOSPITAL HAS CALLED ME TO
TRY TO RECRUIT ME BACK.
I'VE JUSTER FOUND A
PROFESSIONAL SATISFACTION WHICH
WAS SECOND TO NONE WORKING
HERE.
Reporter: THE DIRECTOR OF
THE LOCAL HOSPITAL.
A PASSION FOR RURAL MEDICINE IS
WHAT BROUGHT HIM TO THIS TOWN
OF 1500.
THE PEOPLE ARE AMAZINGLY
GENUINE AND NICE HERE IN THE
RURAL TOWNS.
AND WE HAVE HAD NOTHING BUT
GRACIOUS WELCOMING WHEN WE CAME
AND WHEN WE ARRIVED AND WE FELT
THAT FOR THE LONGEST TIME.
Reporter: HE SPEAKS IN THE
PAST TENSE.
IT'S ACTUALLY KIND OF
BECOMING A LITTLE EXHAUSTING
NOW.
I FEEL LIKE I'M ON THE DEFENSE
EVERY TIME LIKE AS THOUGH I
HAVE TO PROVE TO THEM WHY I'M
NOT THOSE PEOPLE THAT ARE ON
TV.
THAT'S THE HARD PART.
Reporter: THE TOWN'S ONLY
MUSLIM FAMILY IS FEELING THE
TENSION.
WHAT WE FOUND OUT IS PEOPLE
THEY REALLY DON'T KNOW.
THEY THINK THAT ISLAM PROMOTES
TERRORISM.
THEY THINK THAT ISLAM OPPRESSES
WOMEN.
THEY THINK THAT SHARIA TELLS
YOU TO CUT PEOPLES HEADS OFF.
A WOMAN OF ANOTHER FAITH
STEPPED IN.
I SAW A NEED FOR PEOPLE TO
BECOME EDUCATED ON ANOTHER
WORLD RELIGION OTHER THAN
CHRISTIANITY.
THAT'S WHERE MY INTERNSHIP
PROJECT STEMMED FROM.
MANDY FRANCE REALIZED THE
TOWN WAS LESS DIVERSE THAN HER
NATIVE APPLE VALLEY.
TONIGHT WE ARE GOING TO
ALLOW A MUSLIM FAMILY TO STAND
UP AND SPEAK THE TRUTH ABOUT
THEIR FAITH, DISMANTLE ALL THE
MISCONCEPTIONS ABOUT THE
ISLAMIC FAITH.
LET'S KNOW FIRST BEFORE WE
JUDGE AND MAKE OPINIONS.
SHE DIDN'T KNOW IF ANYONE
WOULD SHOW UP AFTER LOCALS
COMPLAINED TO POLICE ABOUT THE
EVENT.
BUT AS YOU CAN SEE THEY DID
SHOW UP, ABOUT 400 PEOPLE.
27% OF THE TOWN'S POPULATION
SHOWED UP TO ASK ANYTHING AND
HAVE A BLUNT CONVERSATION.
DO I LOOK THAT INTIMIDATING?
DO I LOOK LIKE A TERRORIST?
HE EXPLAINED THE
SIMILARITIES IN THE BIBLE AND
THE QURAN.
WHY SOME MUSLIM WOMEN WEAR HEAD
SCARVES.
HOW MURDER IS HIGHLY CONDEMNED
AND HOW EXTREMISTS MAKE UP A
TINY PERCENTAGE OF THE PEACEFUL
RELIGION.
VIRJI ANSWERED OTHER QUESTIONS
TOO.
IT WAS SOMETIMES TENSE.
ALWAYS RESPECTFUL.
I THOUGHT IT WAS VERY
INFORMATIVE.
SO DID MY FRIENDS WHO CAME WITH
ME.
I ACTUALLY REALLY WANTED TO
BRING MY CHILDREN TO EDUCATE
THEM ON DIFFERENT CULTURES.
Reporter: AND HER SON WHO IS
SOON TO ENTER THE MILITARY
LEARNED A LOT TOO.
I DIDN'T LIKE THEM ON MY
BEHALF BECAUSE THOSE ARE THE
PEOPLE I'M GOING TO BE
FIGHTING.
BUT NOW, YOU KNOW, GOT TO LOVE
EVERYBODY.
Reporter: INTERIM PASTOR
MANDY'S POINT EXACTLY.
CHRIST'S COMMAND TO LOVE
YOUR NEIGHBOR, WE FOLLOW THAT.
HOPEFULLY BRING AN END TO ISLAM
PHOBIA NOT JUST WITHIN THE
COMMUNITY BUT HOPEFULLY IT
SPREADS.
DID THIS SMALL TOWN PROUD.
AS ANY INDICATION CASE IT WILL.
IT'S BEEN AN HONOR TO TALK
TO YOU.
SUSAN-ELIZABETH LITTLEFIELD.
IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO SEE A