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Mohammed tops list of English baby names
http://edition.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/europe/10/28/uk.mohammed/index.html?hpt=T2
By Richard Allen Greene, CNN
October 28, 2010 -- Updated 1754 GMT (0154 HKT)
Mohammed has become the most popular boys name in England and Wales.
STORY HIGHLIGHTS
* NEW: Muslims name their sons Mohammed to honor the founder of
the religion, an imam says
* NEW: The Muslim population of Europe is rising quickly
* Oliver comes in second among English baby names, followed by
Jack and Thomas
* The United Kingdom is about 4.6 percent Muslim
London, England (CNN) -- Hit the road, Jack.
Last year's most popular name for baby boys in England has been
knocked off -- by Mohammed.
That's not immediately obvious from data put out this week by the
Office of National Statistics, which declared Wednesday that Oliver
was the single most popular name for boys born in 2009.
But a CNN analysis of the top 4,500 boys names shows that, when
different spellings of the name are lumped together, Mohammed is No.
1.
Oliver and variations come second, followed by Jack, Thomas, Charles,
Harry, William and Daniel.
The United Kingdom is about 4.6 percent Muslim, with just under 2.9
million Muslims according to the Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life.
And Muslims have a strong tendency to name their sons Mohammed.
"The first reason why people keep the children's name Mohammed is
because of their love of the prophet Mohammed, because they want to
emulate him," said Imam Abdullah al-Hasan of the East London Mosque.
"They want to copy him not just through his behavior and conduct, but
also his name," said the imam, who is thinking about naming his own
newborn son after the founder of Islam.
The Muslim population has risen rapidly in Western Europe in the past
20 years, according to the Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life.
From under 10 million in 1990, it's gone up to about 17 million today,
the think tank said in a report last month.
That has be accompanied by tensions ranging from racial violence in
parts of England to legal restrictions like banning the burqa in
France and banning minarets in Switzerland.
But al-Hasan says Britain has nothing to fear.
"One message I would give to them is that you shouldn't be surprised.
You shouldn't be scared. You shouldn't be frightened or anything like
that," he said.
"It shows that Islam is here to stay in Britain. Islam is here to stay
in Europe," he said. "It's not alien from the Western society. It's
not alien to the British context."
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orthodox dogmatics to keep humanity in ignorance and obscurantism,
through the well tried fermentation of fear, the fear of science and
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