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To: HomerBohn; All
30-year-old Mohamed Barry, who was from the West African nation of Guinea.

What I can't figure out is this:

His first name is Mohamed

His second name is Barry

In West African country of Guinea..how come "Barry" is a second name,

My guess it would be more like "Barack."

9 posted on 02/21/2016 5:22:33 AM PST by spokeshave (Happy Christmas and a New Year that Trumps all.)
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To: spokeshave

Guinea, Sierra Leone and Liberia had many former slaves who sought resettlement there. Many of them have western names, such as Phillip and Christopher, both in my church here.

You even find people with tribal first names and Western last names, Western first names and tribal last names.

The surprise is being from Guinea. Most of the Muslims in these countries are very quick to distance themselves from their Arabic “brothers”.


11 posted on 02/21/2016 5:35:47 AM PST by wbarmy (I chose to be a sheepdog once I saw what happens to the sheep.)
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To: spokeshave

Barry is the Anglicized form of Barack.


14 posted on 02/21/2016 5:40:48 AM PST by HomerBohn (Liberals and slinkies: they're good for nothing, but you smile as you shove them down the stairs.)
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