Young man fully clad as an imam carry a copy of the Holy Quran took to the streets of Italy to record reactions of passerby, Mail Online reported.
Hamdy Mahisen, an Egyptian student decided to conduct the social experiment to check how tolerant the people of Milan were of Muslims. To carry out his trial, Hamdy, 30-year-old dressed in white robes and a cap worn my Muslim men and walked for five hours.
He attracted stunned gawk and terms such as “Taliban” were also yelled out at him. The results showed the torrents of ill-treatment were flanged at him.
A number of references to terrorism were also made including one person who said “S*** have you seen the ISIS” while one more person remarked “Imagine if he has a gun under his tunic.”
The conducted experiment came among increasing tensions between the Muslims and Italians residing in Italy following terror attacks in Paris and Copenhagen.
It has been reported that IS could soon bring terror into Europe.