A student pulled the prayer cap off my head and then gave it back to me. I don't know who he is, but it just took me by surprise. Almost every day this happens and I'm getting more and more uncomfortable, but on the other hand I'm still curious about what really happened.
I also told Zeedan on weekend where we were both on free. Zeedan argues "maybe when we don't wear the prayer cap on our heads, they won't think of us as weirdos". I also thought about Zeedan's oppinion. Then we both planned to not wear it for one day when we went to campus and saw the students' reactions.
When college day arrived, I, who was not wearing a prayer cap, left the apartment. I feel a bit unaccustomed to not wearing it. I'm sticking around because it's only for one day. I was really supprissed, my day went so smoothly that no one even saw me as a freak. Until the same way home, I was increasingly amazed “what is this place? Why is it so strange for the majority of country to be Muslims” I muttered to myself
Arriving at the apartment, I immediately told Zeedan about what happened today. Zeedan feels the same way, no one laughs at him when he doesn't wear a prayer cap on his head. We find it strange that Bravisla is a city with a Muslim majority like me and Zeedan. After that, I searched for the city in Bravisla on the internet.
I just realized, when I chose a campus in Bravisla, I was just random in choosing the campus that I chose. The most important thing for me is studying at Bravisla without thinking about which city the campus is in. I was very surprised about what I found on the Internet, in fact my campus which is in the city name Vaniy is a city with a majority of Christians and other religion. Only about 2 percent of Muslim citizens live in this city.
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