but it's ok to name child Mohammed? I find that a bit odd. Nonetheless -- one of the first things an expatriate needs to get through his/her head is that the local laws and mores may well be different.
On 11/30/07, Vivec <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > The name and everything else about the prophet mohammed is sacred. > You can't publish or print a picture of the prophet. > You can't use the prophet's name on any item or product etc. either is > what some Muslims believe. > It's like naming the Teddy Bear Jesus Christ or Yahweh. > > There are Christians who would find that offensive. > > On Nov 30, 2007 2:21 PM, Dana <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > yes but note this it is not taking place. Out of curiosity though, can > > anyone explain to me what is wrong with naming a teddy bear Mohammed? is > it > > thought to be a graven image or something? Plenty of Muslim males are > named > > Mohammed after all. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| ColdFusion is delivering applications solutions at at top companies around the world in government. Find out how and where now http://www.adobe.com/cfusion/showcase/index.cfm?event=finder&productID=1522&loc=en_us Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:247358 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
