Of sensibilites

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On Tue, Dec 30, 2014 at 1:36 AM, Timothe Litt <litt at acm.org> wrote:

>  I don't really want to pick on any one government - they all have their
> oddities.
>
> But just to sensitize folks to what this looks like in real life, here is
> a naming example from Saudi Arabia.  Think of the Israeli prime minister
> trying to register a domain in his name for his after life as a political
> commentator or author.
>
> Of course, your country's sensibilities may vary from this one.
>
> Or feel free to put it into your own context in light of the current
> discussions:
>
> By LEON WATSON
> PUBLISHED: 16:51 GMT, 13 March 2014 | UPDATED: 16:56 GMT, 13 March 2014
>
> Saudi Arabia has issued a list of 50 names new parents are banned from
> giving their children, including Linda, Lauren, Sandy and Amir.
>
> The Arab nation's interior ministry justified the ban by saying the names
> either contradicted the culture or religion of the kingdom, or were
> foreign, or 'inappropriate'.
>
> Among the others are Alice, Elaine and Maya and Binyamin, the Arabic name
> for Benjamin.
>
> International fashion model Linda Evangelista would not be able to name a
> child after herself in Saudi Arabia under new rules
>
> The names fit into at least three categories: those that offend perceived
> religious sensibilities, those that are affiliated to royalty and those
> that are of non-Arabic or non-Islamic origin, Gulf News reported.
> A number of other names appear that do not necessarily fit into any
> category and it is therefore unclear as to why they would have been banned.
> Names such as Abdul Naser and Binyamin are not found to be particularly
> offensive to Muslims.
>
> Binyamin is believed in Islam to be the son of Prophet Jacob (Yaqoub) and
> the full brother of Prophet Joseph, but it also happens to be the name of
> the Israeli prime minister.
>
> Abdul Naser, similarly, is the name of the famous Arab nationalist ruler
> of Egypt, who was at odds with Saudi Arabia.
> Names such as Abdul Nabi and Abdul Hussain, common among Shiites and some
> Sunni Arabs, are controversial because of the multiple ways in which they
> can be interpreted.
>
> Abdul in Arabic means 'worshipper of' or 'slave of', while Nabi means
> 'prophet' and Rasool means 'messenger'.
> Those who oppose such names argue that Abdul means 'worshipper of' and is
> therefore forbidden as only God can be worshipped.
>
> Most Muslim names with Abdul carry one of God's 99 Islamic names. Abdul
> Rahman, for example, comes from the name Al Rahman.
> Another set of names that is banned includes those that have to do with
> royalty, especially titles such as Sumuw (highness), Malek (king) and
> Malika (Queen) and other royal terms such as Al Mamlaka (the kingdom).
> Some of the names on the list are not uncommon among Arabs, including
> Malak (angel), Amir (prince), Abdul Naser and Jibreel (Gabriel).
>
> THE CHILDREN'S NAMES NOW BANNED IN SAUDI ARABIA
> Malaak (angel)
> Abdul Aati
> Abdul Naser
> Abdul Musleh
> Nabi (prophet)
> Nabiyya (female prophet)
> Amir (prince)
> Sumuw (highness)
> Al Mamlaka (the kingdom)
> Malika (queen)
> Mamlaka (kingdom)
> Tabarak (blessed)
> Nardeen
> Maya
> Linda
> Randa
> Basmala (utterance of the name of God)
> Taline
> Aram
> Nareej
> Rital
> Alice
> Sandy
> Rama (Hindu god)
> Maline
> Elaine
> Inar
> Maliktina
> Lareen
> Kibrial
> Lauren
> Binyamin (Arabic for Benjamin)
> Naris
> Yara
> Sitav
> Loland
> Tilaj
> Barrah
> Abdul Nabi
> Abdul Rasool
> Jibreel (angel Gabriel)
> Abdul Mu'een
> Abrar
> Iman
> Bayan
> Baseel
> Wireelam
>
> http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2580248/Saudi-Arabia-bans-naming-children-Linda.html
>
> --
> Timothe Litt
> ACM Distinguished Engineer
> --------------------------
> This communication may not represent the ACM or my employer's views,
> if any, on the matters discussed.
>
>


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