I took my seat at the back of the class next to a tall, blonde haired girl; she smiled and introduced herself as Jenny. I was relieved that someone had actually talked to me! Maybe it would get better for me!
Tuesday 2nd September.
Schools been very difficult for me today! The other students totally don’t understand my religion, some of them think its funny but the majority think I am weird and don’t belong there. Jenny’s being really understanding though, one of her friends is a Muslim so she’s very interested in my religion.
Food is another big problem for me we aren’t allowed to eat pork and bacon, we have to eat a special kind of meat called Halal meat. So I have to bring my own specially prepared meal into school. It will be extra hard when I have to do Ramadan, this is were we have to fast this means no food or drink. So I wont be able to take part in Pe or food technology because of this!
3 times during the day I had to go to a quiet room on my own to pray, we have to pray 5 times a day so the teachers let me out of lessons early to go. As I went out of Science everyone laughed I heard some girls calling ‘She’s going praying, how sad!’ I felt upset they didn’t even know what our religion is about. I just wanted them to give me a chance because I’m no different on the inside to the rest of them!
Wednesday 3rd September.
Today was a lot better. I actually have begun to fit in with the rest of the class now! Mrs Shaw decided to do an assembly for the whole school about Muslims and our religion. Everyone seemed really interested and wanted to know more. I’ve even been asked to help out in R.E lessons and do some talks about what its like for people like me.
I know that there will always be people who will find it hard to except me for what I am but that’s prejudice and is goes on all over the world. I’m just glad that I have a chance to make new friends and fit in like everyone else and share my religion to other people!
