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Mohammed is most popular boys' name in England
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Published: 27.10.10, 23:10
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1. hahaha !!can't wait when the queen is wearing a burka!!!!!!!
rachel ,   usa   (10.27.10)
2. & God will ing it shell be in the states too
Son of Yaffa ,   Palestine   (10.27.10)
3. when EVERY muslim calls a baby Mohammed this is easy
Ron ,   Jerusalem   (10.28.10)
literally EVERY one has Mohammed as one of their names. so all the davids, joshs, andrews etc are lost on a lost of name statistics. this doesnt mean that every baby born is a muslim.called mohammed, think with your brains guys. i have lived in UK for 10 years and I didnt know any Muslims to be quite honest. sadly i dont think the readers here are that smart to think much more past the head line.
4. MISLEADING HEADLINE. I dont see Mohammed on the top 10 ?!
Alan Sugar ,   Radlett, UK   (10.28.10)
Yet more anti British propaganda.
5. #2
ronen ,   israel   (10.28.10)
well if you will a war than dont whine when you get it
6. PakistaniAmerican tried to bomb Washington,but this is news?
A World leader ,   Tel Aviv   (10.28.10)
7. Disappointing but not surprising.
John DeLancy ,   Alaska, USA   (10.28.10)
Alan, read the article. It says that because each of the 12 different spellings of Mohammed given to babies during the period researched is given a different listing, they individually don't have many (the top spelling was itself 16th, though the top 2 spellings together combine to be the most common name). Ron, this is probably a listing of first names. Your lack of experience with UK Muslims may be atypical. Do you live in or near a major city? Finally, my own comment: it's very sad that the UK is so busy focusing on ersztz complaints of Israeli abuses that they don't see the very real danger their country is in from Muslim immigrants trying to incorporate the UK into the Global Caliphate. It would be more sad to see Sharia supplant English Common Law. It would be wonderful for the British to wake up, listen to voices of reason and alarm, and protect their culture from Islamification.
8. Agree with #3. Mohammed comes in 12 variations see here
Pete ,   Los Angeles   (10.28.10)
If they could spell David or Andrew in 12 or 13 variations then those names would be even more represented... Unlike 1) Mohammed 2) Muhammad 3) Mohammad 4) Muhammed 5) Mohamed 6) Mohamad 7) Muhamed 8) Mohammod 9) Mahamed 10) Muhamed 11) Mahammed 12) Mohmmed Every muslim by way of their religion has Mohammed in their name, so this isnt a shocker the physical name presence on a spreadsheet isnt a shock, as ugly as it reads. If there was 12 ways of saying Josh or Daniel then those most common names would be even higher up and they are in the top 10, Mohammed actually isnt top 10 per that list?
9. Mohammed is most popular boys' name in England
Jehad Umat Mohamd ,   Planet Earth   (10.28.10)
to #5 they ve lied to you i mean the for fathers of zionsit state they er the ones they willed war against us , you my dear inherited thier war and what they looted our homeland, if ye will peace depart our land to where your for fatheras homeland in the west , if ye stay they chose to continue thier war , thats the truth you refuse to hear , you cant stay on my stolen homeland and imagin peace ask john lennon lol .
10. #3 is right...
Gabriel ,   Tel Aviv   (10.28.10)
A dishonest headline made to make it seem as if Muslims are dominating the UK. They make up 3% of the population. Just another attempt to spread fear.
11. The UK it's lost in Muslim Invaders!
Phoenix ,   Israel   (10.28.10)
Stupid british idiots! Their land it's being taken over by these parasites. They will start soon making Shariah law over British law. Idiots!!!! Get Rid of all these lunatics if you want to keep your European Identity.
12. Son Of Yaffa # 2
Eaglebeak ,   Left Coast, USA   (10.28.10)
The day that happens we truely will be the "Great Satan."
13.  Psychology 101
Schic ,   Gabarone   (10.28.10)
Alfie, Joshua, Daniel, Ruby, Jessica, Lily All in the top 10 - all very Jewish names! And even if they are not Jewish (which 99% are not) when you are brought up with a name from the people of the book, you automatically warm up to them.
14. Muslims had only one prophet and that's their only choice...
Asher ,   NY,USA   (10.28.10)
Look at the verity of holy men in bible and you can easily understand Muslims have tremendous lack of holy men in Islam and the fact that they only go for Muhammad proofs they don't believe there has been any other holy men in Islam.
15. Arab names
Joel ,   ossining usa   (10.28.10)
This maybe somewhat misleading as this may reflect the fact that Muslims have fewer unique names to choose from while the Christian population has more of a variety of names to choose from. Similarly among the ultra-orthodox, Moshe would be extremely popular. The article is trying to imply that most babies born in England are Muslim which is still not true.
16. If anyone deserves total Islamic domination-it's the English
Wild Bill ,   Travis County, Texas   (10.28.10)
17. Mohammed never existed. A name based upon a cartoon.
JMK ,   NYC   (10.28.10)
A character who had coitus with an eight year his wife. Good thing the Koran and Hadit is fiction.
18. #4, let me try to explain it to you...
Justin   (10.28.10)
Since Mohammad is an Arab name it can be spelled in many ways when written in English. When combining the different variations of what is essentially the same name, Mohmmad is at the top of the list. But since the list treats every different variation as a name of its own, Mohammad is not on the top 10 list. Hope that clears up your confusion.
19. to #6 yeah I know, that is what happened
ghostq   (10.28.10)
when immigrants do as they please in other people countries,
20. to #10 they r they already in labor party
ghostq   (10.28.10)
and they kinda extreme policy in the labor party.
21. Mohammed is UK's next Prime Minister Inshallah
USA   (10.28.10)
Happy Ramadan. UK.
22. #3 Where did you live, Ron? In the Orkney's?
Mark ,   Lodz, Poland   (10.28.10)
23. Too bad Princess Diana died in the accident
Cynic #2   (10.28.10)
Rumour has it that she was pregnant with Dudi's child, had she lived and had it been a boy, guess what, he would have been called Mohammad!!!
24. Britain in 2110 - Mosque to replace C of E?
Brian Cohen ,   Judean Peoples Front   (10.28.10)
In 100 years there's a good chance that Britain will be an Islamic country. Would that mean a civil war might break out between the Shiites and Sunnis for who will dominate the UK? We can already look ahead and foresee Buckingham Palace being torn down and replaced with a mosque. The king or queen will have been beheaded and a caliph chosen. Shaaria law will have been declared, girls banned from UK schools and women banned from working. They'll probably keep the Commonwealth Games, but ban women and non-Muslims from entering.
25. {94:5} "And We exalted thy name"
Bassem ,   Cairo, Egypt   (10.28.10)
26. Of course it's misleading - how else to appeal to prejudice?
Mark ,   UK   (10.28.10)
"Joshua 5th most popular name in England - Mohammed 16th" just wouldn't have got the interest of some of the weirdos who seem to be writing here. Mohammed only comes top if you take the various versions of Mohammed in the list and combine them but not the various versions of Oliver. Sounds like cheating, huh? That way you get headlines in the Israeli press saying Mohammed is the most popular name in the UK, and headlines in the British press saying it's Oliver (in England and Wales). Of course, if every Muslim boy born in England and Wales next year were given the name Mohammed, it would jump to the top of the list. Does that matter? Is the UK, or Europe, being "overrun" by Muslims, whatever that means? No. And it's odd to see people writing from Israel with this sort of nonsense - Israel has a larger percentage of Muslim population (and we're talking about the internationally accepted borders of Israel here) than almost any European country (with the exceptions, I believe, of Albania, Bosnia, Kosovo and Cyprus - if one takes the north and south together). Do you think your own country is overrun with Muslims? Do you want Europe to ask new immigrants to swear allegiance to a Christian and democratic state?
27. #23 because UK government killed her to prevent the
Diana fan   (10.28.10)
Point you have raised.Mi6 and French secret service worked together.
28. Americans. How many hussains and obamas for US 2020 count
Jessica fletcher   (10.28.10)
He is a Muslim, imagine an American Muslim president? It happened.
29. If every Uk Jew called baby moshe then moshe would be
Adamski ,   London   (10.28.10)
Moat popular name but since every mussie names a child Mohammed to keep the big Allah guy happy then it's not surprising. Full agreement with talkback 3 and 4, 10.
30. Mohammed most popular among Leftists Israelis too probably.
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