'Muhammad' Is Growing Popular in Britain

[Zhukov]

'Muhammad' Is Growing Popular in Britain
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Published: January 7, 2005

LONDON, Jan. 6 (Reuters) - Muhammad joined the perennial favorites Jack and Joshua in 2004 as one of the most popular names given to British boys, a sign of growing ethnic diversity and a legacy of Muslim immigration decades ago.

http://www.nytimes.com/2005/01/07/international/europe/07britain.html

 

[NATO AIR]

I hate to be horrible but with the growing popularity of fundamentalism in Britain too, when will suicide bombing and sha'ria be popular?

 

[padisha emperor]

If you name your son Mohammad, it doesn't necessary mean that you are a fundamentalist.

In France, lot of muslim boy or people from immigration have muslim names, they are not at all, for the bog majority, fundamentalist.
It is only the muslim tradition.

Imagine : you're with your family in a muslim country, you're born here. And you give to your son a christian name, like Thomas.
Your neighbors would probably not think that you're a christian fundamentalist.

between the popularity of a name and the popularity if kamikazes there is an ocean.

 

[Johnney]

Imagine : you're with your family in a muslim country, you're born here. And you give to your son a christian name, like Thomas.
Your neighbors would probably not think that you're a christian fundamentalist.

between the popularity of a name and the popularity if kamikazes there is an ocean.

so we should be naming our children according to where we live?

 

[Said1]

If you name your son Mohammad, it doesn't necessary mean that you are a fundamentalist.

In France, lot of muslim boy or people from immigration have muslim names, they are not at all, for the bog majority, fundamentalist.
It is only the muslim tradition.

Imagine : you're with your family in a muslim country, you're born here. And you give to your son a christian name, like Thomas.
Your neighbors would probably not think that you're a christian fundamentalist.

between the popularity of a name and the popularity if kamikazes there is an ocean.

OMG!!!! I agree with you PE Every Muslim boy probably has Mohammad or Ali as part of their name.

 

[padisha emperor]

No johnney, I didn't mean it.

but they have their own religion and tradition, so they call their son according to their religion.
When I spoke of the fact that you live in a muslim country blabla..., it meant that they - your neighbors - won't critisize you because you call your son according to your christian faith or education. it is a normal thing, you give the name of your choice

So, the fact that Mohammed becomes popular doesn't mean that it is a growing of fundamentalism.

 

[Johnney]

my bad, i missunderstood