Thursday October 28, 2010

I've Been Thinking:

The list of most popular baby names in England during 2009 was released recently.
Topping the list were Oliver, Jack and Harry.

Mohammed was on the list in 12 different variations. It placed 16th and 32nd with a grand total of 7,549 little British babies carrying the name. Top rated Oliver only had 7,364 boys carrying that name.

It might not have been the official # 1 on the list, but in effect, Mohammed was the most popular name given to boys in England last year. The significance is enormous.

Unlike Oliver and Jack and Harry, only Muslims name their children Mohammed. Granted, 706,248 children were born in Britain last year and little more than half were girls - that means 7,500 out of 350,000 children were named Mohammed.

The most popular name does not mean the name given to most children. It speaks to a more powerful element. An explosion of Muslim life and culture is taking place in the United Kingdom. Names are just another way to prove the point.

http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_ss_gw?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=halpern%2C+micah