Muslim parents Appeal Over Baby Named Jihad

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Ridicilous!

Jihad is a great name, I love it!

Definitely a name to consider, when naming a child, Masha'Allah.
 
what does "osama" mean, by the way?
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I don't know why people spell it with an 'o', especially because it results in a mispronounciation. Along with Umar, Usama should be spelled with a 'u' to avoid mispronounciation in English speaking countries. I don't know what Usama means, but it is a beautiful name, the name of one of the Holy Prophet's (salallahu alaihi wa salam) illustrious companions, Hazrat Usama (razi Allahu anhu).
 
^Isn't lion something else??

The real shock here is that Osama is also a girls name. :uuh: My relatives ex-wife is called Osama.
 
Yeah, stop arguing now or I'll start deleting posts. Thanks.
 
I take care of a baby who is being adopted. He still has his biological surname, but his adoptive mother calls him by the first name she has chosen. It seems all the bases are covered no matter which way this global war on Western civilization thingy turns out.

His name is Christian Islam. :) I'm not making it up.
 
i think the parents should not worry and just name their child an another name. Plus there are loads of names available. :)
 
Update The high court agreed with the lower court decision to allow the parents to name their son Jihad.

German Court Rules That Naming Your Child *Jihad* is Legal
A German Court has upheld the ruling that naming a child *Jihad* is perfectly legal:

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."
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I am trying to find another source for the story before I come back with a link.
 
good - whatever people may think about the wisdom of it, i don't think the government should be in the business of dictating what you can name your child. esp. in this case, since "jihad" is apparently a common enough arabic name. for all anybody knows they wanted to name the kid after one of their ancestors.
 
Cognescenti said:
I take care of a baby who is being adopted. He still has his biological surname, but his adoptive mother calls him by the first name she has chosen. It seems all the bases are covered no matter which way this global war on Western civilization thingy turns out.

His name is Christian Islam. :) I'm not making it up.
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:uuh: :uuh:

is he a muslim or a christian? well...maybe the parents...
 
Wow...this debate has progressed. Any-who Jihad for me is great name and i wouldnt tell my Cuz to change it jus coz he lives in Britain. But these days if a perant is gonna call their son Jihad maybe it would risky?:-\
 
at this rate, baby jihad will be going to college by the time we finish discussing this case!
 
Yeah anyways my Dwa is with baby jihad. Hope you grow up to be a great Muslim Inshallah
 
A very interesting reply from a non-Muslim on another forum in relation to this thread

"Just thought id add that my Grandfather's brother is Orthodox Christian and he is named Jihad. its not just loved by Muslims, its an arabic name and that article is ludacris....

Not just Jihad, my Christian family have many war names including "Difah" which means Defence and "Kifah" same meaning... and my name is "Nedal" meaning struggle for freedom....

I wonder if this would be an issue if it was a Chritian naming thier son Jihad... hmmmm dont think so! "

http://forums.muslimvillage.net/index.php?showtopic=32310
 
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A very interesting reply from a non-Muslim on another forum in relation to this thread

"Just thought id add that my Grandfather's brother is Orthodox Christian and he is named Jihad. its not just loved by Muslims, its an arabic name and that article is ludacris....

Not just Jihad, my Christian family have many war names including "Difah" which means Defence and "Kifah" same meaning... and my name is "Nedal" meaning struggle for freedom....

I wonder if this would be an issue if it was a Chritian naming thier son Jihad... hmmmm dont think so! "

http://forums.muslimvillage.net/index.php?showtopic=32310
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Thats intresting, If you think about it why shouldnt we be allowed to keep this name. No tyrant or loony was named Jihad that i can think of?
 
The court had approved the use of the name early on. as noted in the original post.

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.
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I believe what brought everything to the attention of the German Ministry Department was when the father brought this up in the TV interview with reporters, when he was interviewed after winning that court battle.

In the same programme he defended the terror attacks on the United States on September 11 2001, and on Bali in 2002.
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I believe if he had not brought that up and had just stuck with the issue of his son, this never would have gotten to be a major issue.
 
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