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Is that halal?

So, I have to preface this by saying that, not all Arabs are Muslims, and not all Muslims are Arabs. In fact, the country that has the highest Muslim population is Indonesia, which is situated in Southeast Asia. It is also stated that, in Book 4, Grim was given a steamed pork bun to eat, and pork is haram (not allowed) in Islam, thus implying that although Scarabia dorm does have a lot of Middle Eastern elements, students that reside there may not necessarily be Muslims. All that said, lets jump in:

It was tough being the only girl in the all-boys school, but being the only hijabi? Man, Yusra couldn’t catch a break

For one thing, she had to run around doing all sorts of errands for Crowley and show up to class early, while staying on top of her salat (prayers)

Why was that a problem? Let's just say, in a school where all the toilets were for men, having to run all the way back to Ramshackle to take Wudhu for prayers then rush back in time for afternoon classes wasn't exactly easy, especially for someone of her atheletic (or lack thereof) abilities

There was also the problem of her hijab, the most glaring one being, she only had one

ONE hijab, which coincidently had been her ancient, frayed crinkle hijab

It had taken a good two hours, and a whole lot of pleading, for Crowley to give her extra allowance to buy another ONE more

And finally, there was the halal issue

She had yet to find a single halal-certified meat product in that cafeteria, and if she had to make do with eggs and tuna cans for the remainder of her stay, she was going to LOSE it

"Why not just ask someone in Scarabia? I heard most people who come from the Scalding Sands are Muslim", Deuce asked

"Yeah sure Deucey, she should definitely do that. 'Hey there, random stranger I don't know, would you please help me get some halal meat?' ", Ace quickly retorted, and Yusra swore she could feel her migraine grow stronger

That or maybe the heat radiating of the many people in the cafeteria

She could hear the start of an argument coming from Deuce's indignant response, and she couldn't handle another headache

"It's fine Deuce. It's a good idea, but Ace is right, it'll be weird if I just go up to someone and ask them for meat of all things. I think I'll just go get some fresh air instead", Yusra said, as she pushed aside her disappointment of a salad, which Grim quickly pounced on

"More for me then! Nyahaha!", Grim chuckled victoriously, before realising that she had been eating pure vegetables

"Never mind", he grumbled and sat back down with his chicken sandwich

Soon Yusra found herself in the botanical gardens, hoping to bump into a certain carnivore who she could irritate into sharing a space in the shade

Walking around for a while, she spotted someone opening their lunchbox and was about to promptly ignore him-

*"Allahumma baarik lanaa fima razaqtana wa-qina adhaban-nar. Bismillah", was that...

"Thanks for the food Jamil! ", the man with the white turban said before digging into what looked like...

"Um...", she cleared her throat and a few heads heads instantly swiveled in her direction, but she was too hungry to be embarrassed

"Sorry to interrupt, but, is that halal"

(will make a part two soon)

End notes:

This takes place before the events of book four, but after the events of book two.

*this is a common dua said before eating btw

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