Mohammed may already be the most popular name for baby boys in Britain. In 2004, 5,991 baby boys were given some version of the name Mohammed, with 6,928 baby boys named Jack. Thomas was third with 5,921 names, with Joshua and Oliver rounding out the top five. Official records from the UK Office for National Statistics list the spelling Mohammed 23rd in its yearly analysis of the top 3,000 names given to children. But when all the different spellings of the name are taken into account, it ranked second in 2004, only behind Jack, according to The Times. There are a number of common spellings of the same name because when it is translated into English from other languages, people spell it differently because of slight variations in pronunciations from language to language.
According to The Times,
it rose by 12 percent in 2004. If the growth of the name
Mohammed
continued at the same rate, the name has likely already taken the
top spot. The next survey report should tell us. It
only took about 10 years for the Muslims to occupy Europe. They are
reproducing at 7 times the birth rate of Caucasians throughout the
world. Group discussion ideas: How is this already impacting our
nation? ...community?
Does God love Muslims any more or any less than any other group of people? On what do you base your answer? What could we do to help build bridges to these people? How many Muslim friends do you have? Any plans to make friends with any? If not, why not? Read this article: Breaking the Violence Cycle - by Jeff Fountain Any ideas from this for any of the above?
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