Mohammed, or other variations of the name of Islam's founding prophet, has become the most popular name choice for baby boys in the four biggest cities of the Netherlands.
Information collected by the country's social security agency has found that traditional Dutch names have been displaced in the urban centres of Amsterdam, Rotterdam, The Hague and Utrecht as the country's Muslim population grows.
In The Hague variations of the name Mohammed have taken first, second and fifth place in the Dutch capital's league table of most popular names for boys, replacing traditional favourites such as Jan, Luuk, Gijs or Daan.
At a national level the name Mohammed is now the 16th most popular name for boys.
The figures, obtained by the Dutch Elsevier magazine, from the Dutch Social Insurance Bank, or Sociale Verzekeringsbank (SVB), are different from the official statistics which have in the past counted various spellings of Mohammed, Muhamed, or Muhammad as different names.
Previous government name counts, separating the different versions, have avoided controversy by keeping the name of Islam's founder outside the Dutch top 20 of favourite names for baby boys.
Geert Wilders, leader of the far-Right, anti-Islam Freedom Party, which is currently leading the Dutch opinion polls, has demanded a government investigation following the Daily Telegraph's Aug 8 report that over a fifth of the European Union's population has been forecast to be Muslim by 2050.
Dutch cabinet ministers will on Friday discuss 79 parliamentary questions tabled by his Freedom Party concerning levels of "non-Western immigration" and its impact on Dutch society.
Official statistics show that European societies are being transformed by immigration and demographic trends. In 2008 just five per cent of the EU's total population was Muslim. But low birth rates among Europe's indigenous population and rising immigration are having rapid and widespread effects on the population mix.
Recent studies have indicated that fears over the radicalisation of young Muslims have been exaggerated however. Nonetheless the changing population poses policy questions in a range of areas from education and housing to the arts and foreign affairs.
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format_quote Originally Posted by aadil77
geert wilders is probably the most popular name overall
Geert Wilders probably heard this news and screamed: 'RUN FOR YOUR LIVES!'
Then he probably made a YouTube video about it, to help his credibility. Because YouTube videos are so credible a source, they could even be used in a court of law.
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Ah is this actually important? o_o
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Re: Mohammed is most popular boy's name in four biggest Dutch cities
format_quote Originally Posted by Uthmān
or other variations of the name of Islam's founding prophet, has become the most popular name choice for baby boys in the four biggest cities of the Netherlands.
And they still believe that secularism and liberal state works, yupi kay ey liberals.
This country is dying because of a lack of men, not a lack of programs.
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lol, I'd never name my kids Mohamed, I just don't like the idea of the name for them. I am going to name my kids after older ancestors, but I doubt I'll have much of a say, seeing as how I stink at arguing with the females, over anything.
Re: Mohammed is most popular boy's name in four biggest Dutch cities
format_quote Originally Posted by Uthmān
But the Muslims are taking over Europe, remember?
But maybe not the names.
Besides there are European Muslims from the Slavic and Balkan countries and our common names are not "Muslim = Arabic" like it's often defined.
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Re: Mohammed is most popular boy's name in four biggest Dutch cities
That's mainly due to the variety of names chosen by non-muslims and muslims. A heck of alot of muslims seem to opt for "muhammad" or "Mohammed" whereas non-muslims, certainly in this country, are competing each other for rare, unique names. I have a sister called "Bridin" and a little brother called "Malachi." Both are English, not Irish. Heck, Beckham named his sons Brooklyn and Romeo!
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^^ what is the point of your post? I mean given the thread title one assumes that Mohammad is the most popular name because it is often chosen in lieu of less popular names...
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