So I(17M) recently had an altercation with one of my other classmate(18M) regarding religion, (hes muslim, and I’m atheist). We were chatting about topics we had done for our social studies Personal Manifesto which must be based off of Singaporean identity(most wrote about race and religion). Said classmate begins to talk about what he wrote being about race and religion and whilst discussing said topic.
I brought up that I once used to live next to a mosque and that sometimes I would get annoyed at the morning prayer call(which was very loud) at 5am in the morning as it would wake me up ahead of schedule, my neighbours also found it annoying. I brought this up as a possible suggestion to what he could put in his manifesto, about how different cultures might clash due to these issues but before I could say it, he said that I should not feel annoyed about it and just simply respect their religion. I said in return that respect goes both ways, and that he cannot expect another person to sympathise with his way of life if he doesnt do the same with another person’s way of life, followed up with "not everyone in Singapore is a muslim, and it’s unrealistic to expect them to be happy with being woken up at 5 in the morning each and every day".
After that day, hes stopped talking to me and claims that I was being insensitive.
So Aita?