Abstract
This paper explores how a predominantly immigrant interview sample of 62 Muslim physicians articulate their cultural citizenship and sense of "belonging" in the USA. Many Muslim physicians who have come as international medical graduates (IMGs) share the challenges, obstacles, and assets of their IMG peers. Yet within the context of rising Islamophobia after the September 11 (9/11) attacks in the USA, immigrant Muslim physicians encounter "racialized" religious discrimination in the workplace and in local communities. This paper examines how this group actively builds a sense of belonging at multiple levels through the family, community, ethnic and religious institutions; and "represents" Islam in the USA and abroad. We also suggest that integration into the American medical profession facilitates cultural citizenship, and perhaps the "disciplining" of Muslim IMGs into broader American society.