Appeal Over Baby Named Jihad
The German interior ministry is appealing against a decision by the Berlin
authorities to allow an Islamist to name his son Jihad, the Arabic word used
for holy war.
Reda Seyam fought for 18 months for permission to give his sixth child the
name after the registry in the Berlin district of Charlottenburg initially
rejected his application, saying the name was inappropriate because of its
association with terrorism, and "may endanger the child".
This week a court overturned the ruling, on the grounds that Jihad was "a
recognised male forename in the Arab world and loved by Muslims".
Mr Seyam, 47, a self-declared Islamist, was shown on television this week
presenting his son. Grinning into the camera, Jihad on his knee, he said: "You
had barely come into the world and you were in court. Your fight has already
begun."
In the same programme he defended the terror attacks on the United States on
September 11 2001, and on Bali in 2002.
Germany has strict rules governing the naming of children. Parents have to
choose from a list of court-approved names, to prevent a child from becoming a
victim of ridicule or confusion. The names Hitler and Stalin are banned, and in
2002 a Turkish couple living in Germany were denied permission to name their
child Osama bin Laden.
Berlin's interior minister, Erhart Körting, said a court that allowed "a
father who has welcomed al-Qaida attacks to name his child in this way has
underestimated in an appallingly naive manner the meaning of this name".
Source: http://www.guardian.co.uk/germany/ar...023810,00.html
Comment:
So it seems to name your child after cartoon characters, George Bush or Tony
Blair is ok. But to name them based on Islamic terms like " Jihad" or even
Usamah Bin Laden is not allowed. Even names like Adolph Hitlet and Stalin are
also banned.
Hard to believe that all this is happening in Europe in 2007 which is
supposed to be a place of freedom and the right to act and do as u please, but
obviously not for certain sections of its citizens.
We have had western politicians dictating to Muslim women what they can and
cannot wear and now we have them telling us what we can and cannot call our
children. Names like Hitler and Stalin have been banned, yet western
politicians are behaving exactly like those two despots did.
I disagree with glorifying 9/11 and Bali attacks, but surely people are
entitled to free thought and opinions based on their ideological inclinations?
Or is this the beginning of thought control in Europe?
Quite funny that Europeans ask Muslims to have a reformation which they went
through in the middle ages when they divided church from state because it was
dictating to people what they could and could not think about and yet they are
doing the same thing , this time in the name of Secularism.
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