Allah And Mohammed

[albaqwerty]

Don't think Allah has much to do with this question tbh, but here goes.

If the followers of Allah get their knickers in a twist over depictions of Mohammed, why are so many men called Mohammed?

Is it to venerate him or just a case of selective followings of 'teachings'?

Religions are selective in their bits of their religious books imo.

[dannyk13]

Alba, it is a family name.
http://surname.sofeminine.co.uk/w/surnames/surname-mohammed.html

[albaqwerty]

aaah, thanks Danny.

Was asking on the basis of you don't ask, you don't find out :-) x

[dannyk13]

:-)

[fiction-factory]

On school registers there are quite a few Mohammed Mohammeds.

[Jackdaw33]

From the other point of view, except in Spanish-speaking countries no-one seems to be called Jesus.

[Khandro]

Naming your son Mohammad is virtue-signalling to the rest of the Muslim community how 'devout' you are.

[scooping]

But Jesus wasn't called Jesus was he!

[trt]

#On school registers there are quite a few Mohammed Mohammeds.#

I think most school registers, throughout the UK are now FF,

[fiction-factory]

I don't know how common the double name Mohammad Mohammad is but in some classes there are two or three in a class of 30 - it's something I hadn't noticed until a year or so ago.
BTW- there is a Todjr on the register- now that is an odd name to give a child IMO

[Jackdaw33]

LOL @ Todjr!

[webbo3]

"Jesus loves you" can be very comforting words, unless you are in a mexican prison.


Dave.

[trt]

#BTW- there is a Todjr on the register- now that is an odd name to give a child IMO#

Feel sorry for the kid when he grows up!

[douglas9401]

#On school registers there are quite a few Mohammed Mohammeds.#

So good they named him twice.

[Jackdaw33]

I think the j may be pronounced as y so not too bad.

[mibn2cweus]

Actually sounds more like "Hey Zeus" to me.

[CrapAtCryptics]

The gift shops must be a bit boring with most of the mugs etc having Mohammed on them.

[EDDIE51]

To name a child after the Prophet is considered as Honoring him,
(The Prophet , not the child)
So it is a form of veneration or devotion.

[Khandro]

Jack //From the other point of view, except in Spanish-speaking countries no-one seems to be called Jesus.//

Maybe, but many were and still are called 'Christian'

[naomi24]

Mibn2cweus at 21:35, :o)

[jno]

it isn't just Mohammad, they disapprove of showing any living beings. That's why Muslim ar tends to be decorative rather than representational. They don't like strangers taking photos of them. There's a similar line in the ten commandments about not making graven images of God. Once you take a photo of someone, you control a little bit of them - you can show it to people they don't even know, who can judge you on your outward appearance, for instance.

Giving a child one name or another is a different issue.