Muhammad is No 2 in boy's names

I guess we're looking at a future London-Abad.

Muhammad is now second only to Jack as the most popular name for baby boys in Britain and is likely to rise to No 1 by next year, a study by The Times has found. The name, if all 14 different spellings are included, was shared by 5,991 newborn boys last year, beating Thomas into third place, followed by Joshua and Oliver.

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/new...cle1890354.ece

[Rose]

And...? Lots of Muslims naming their child the same name. I don't see anything wrong with that.

[robbo180265]

Nor me.

Overall, Muslims account for 3 per cent of the British population, about 1.5 million people. However, the Muslim birthrate is roughly three times higher than the nonMuslim one.

Just news. The British will have to determine what it means.

[robbo180265]

Originally Posted by waste gate

Overall, Muslims account for 3 per cent of the British population, about 1.5 million people. However, the Muslim birthrate is roughly three times higher than the nonMuslim one.

Just news. The British will have to determine what it means.

I hate to say this Wastegate, but this all seem a bit Islamaphobic to me. Maybe I'm overreacting but I just don't get your point. Unless you're just having a dig at Muslims. I really don't care who's having babies, or indeed who's Muslim and who isn't , because we are all ENGLISH and that's what matters

[fatty]

Congrats to all those proud new parents

[Rose]

I have a few Muslim friends myself. There are good and bad Muslims, Christians, Jews, etc. It did strike me as a bit "Islamophobic" as well.

Originally Posted by robbo180265

I hate to say this Wastegate, but this all seem a bit Islamaphobic to me. Maybe I'm overreacting but I just don't get your point. Unless you're just having a dig at Muslims. I really don't care who's having babies, or indeed who's Muslim and who isn't , because we are all ENGLISH and that's what matters.

I didn't write the arcticle or make any value judgement I am merely passing it along.

This acticle appeared one year ago.
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/...e1893879.shtml

[robbo180265]

Originally Posted by waste gate

I didn't write the arcticle or make any value judgement I am merely passing it along.

This acticle appeared one year ago.
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/...e1893879.shtml

I was questioning your motivation for passing it along. How would a British Muslim feel reading something like this?

How do you know that I'm not a Muslim myself?

The majority of Muslims in this country are good respectible people, I have lots as friends and I'm sorry but this kind of thing really annoys me.

[cobalt]

Whoa, do I see this correctly?

Are people actually backing muslims in this thread?!

this is a first for subsim!

whoooooooohooo

[Letum]

Originally Posted by waste gate

I didn't write the arcticle or make any value judgement I am merely passing it along.

Nincompoop! no one makes a political post with out making some sort of statement, even if its one we have to read between the lines to find and we don't need to read far in to your post to see what you are saying.

I would be no more concerned about a UK with a 50% muslim population than I am about the UK with a 50% female population!
The idea that the UK should attempt to keep as much of its population as white people with christian names is both absurd and dangerous.

I for one would like to welcome all the young or newly arrived mohammed's to our fine country!

Originally Posted by robbo180265

I was questioning your motivation for passing it along. How would a British Muslim feel reading something like this?

How do you know that I'm not a Muslim myself?

The majority of Muslims in this country are good respectible people, I have lots as friends and I'm sorry but this kind of thing really annoys me.

I guess my motivation was the free distribution of information. I hope that wasn't the part that annoyed you. While we are on the subject of annoyance, do you think that I am not annoyed by many things? Life is 10%, what happens and 90%, how you react.

One can only be annoyed if they let themselvese be annoyed.

[Rose]

Originally Posted by waste gate

I guess my motivation was the free distribution of information. I hope that wasn't the part that annoyed you. While we are on the subject of annoyance, do you think that I am not annoyed by many things? Life is 10%, what happens and 90%, how you react.

One can only be annoyed if they let themselvese be annoyed.

No news is "just news." Behind this news is a statement you are trying to make (as Letum said). There is a reason you posted this article, and your bias clearly seeps through in only two posts.

[robbo180265]

Originally Posted by waste gate

I guess my motivation was the free distribution of information. I hope that wasn't the part that annoyed you. While we are on the subject of annoyance, do you think that I am not annoyed by many things? Life is 10%, what happens and 90%, how you react.

One can only be annoyed if they let themselvese be annoyed.

I for one could do without that kind of information.

Perhaps the comments say more about yourselves than it does about my post.:hmm: