For Muslim-Americans, Baby Aidan or Baby Muhammad?

NY Times ^ | OCT. 3, 2015 | WAJAHAT ALI

[TroutStalker]

“ALHAMDULILAH, by the greatest blessings of God, we are overjoyed to announce the birth of our beloved new baby son, Aidan.”

I sincerely celebrated the good news, deferred to social media etiquette and clicked “like” on my friend’s post. Another new Muslim baby Aidan had entered the world.

He joins lots of little Aidans, Rayans and Adams, Sarahs, Laylas and Sophias smiling and drooling their way through my Facebook feed. Not popping up as much? Bouncing baby Muhammads.

The logic goes that “Rayan” can blend in as a moderate “Ryan,” “Aidan” is cool, mysterious and thus inherently likable; and “Adam,” inspired by the prophet, is sturdy, safe and reliable like George, William and Oprah. And who doesn’t like a plain and tall “Sarah,” an exotic “Layla,” who even got Eric Clapton on his knees?

The process of choosing a name for a tiny human being is a tremendous, anxiety-inducing responsibility that can lead to marital spats, desperate crowdsourcing and late-night prayers for divine inspiration.

For Muslim parents, it carries a much heavier burden.

“Should we give our baby a less Muslim-y name?” I asked my wife after we did an awkward, late-night celebration dance upon seeing the “+” sign appear on the pregnancy test over a year and a half ago.

It wasn’t crazy to be entertaining the question. Why burden your kid with a profile-worthy name in addition to the problems he will likely inherit because of his skin color, ethnicity and religion?

[seowulf]

My name is Raymond J. Johnson, Jr.

Now you can call me Ray, or you can call me J, or you can call me Johnny, or you can call me Sonny, or you can call me Junie, or you can call me Junior; now you can call me Ray J, or you can call me RJ, or you can call me RJJ, or you can call me RJJ Jr.

...but you doesn’t hasta call me Johnson!

[Sicon]

How about “Baby Go Back to One of the Dozens of Sh*thole Countires Where Islam is Dominant”?

[lulu16]

Aidan! My next door neighbor kid had to go by his middle name because there were too many Aiden’s in his kindergarten class.

Was this the work of the actor Aidan Quinn, like Madison for girls from the movie Splash?

[WorkingClassFilth]

It has nothing to do with the skin color or ethnicity - or even religion. It has everything to do with refusing to assimilate, living on social services you never contributed to, and passively supporting jihad and the slaughter and enslavement of people who aren’t like YOU.

[bigbob]

The best name to put on a Muzzie kid is “Barack”. A good Irish name!

[onyx]

Just name the kid Jeffrey Jihad and be done with it.

[albie]

Maybe take the moms to planned parenthood for help?

[AnotherUnixGeek]

Assimilation - that’s a good thing.

[WilliamofCarmichael]

That's odd seems to me.. a search of the article did not find consanguinity.

The article contained this b.s. .. not surprised that there's no mention of inbreeding among some Muslims.. see map below. It's more than a few.

In Texas, a 14-year-old teenager who made a digital clock to impress his teacher was humiliated and handcuffed. If his name wasn’t Ahmed Mohamed, what would have happened instead? He’d probably be hailed as the Texan Jimmy Neutron or teenage Tony Stark.

"Consanguinity is a deeply rooted social trend among one-fifth of the world population mostly residing in the Middle East, West Asia and North Africa, as well as among emigrants from these communities now residing in North America, Europe and Australia . . . ." source: National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine

Coming to your neighborhood soon! From Barry Jivethon Lying Circus..

"If there are two things that characterize Islamic culture, they are terrorism and inbreeding."

OK, PC Commies, show me where there's no such consanguinity in Islamism and prove that the high-lighted countries in the map at consang.net (see below also) are Christian.

Now for the sane ones among us..

google: "Nicolai Sennels" "The connection between Muslim inbreeding and terrorism"

Take your pick yes or no. It's mostly yes.

Global prevalence of consanguinity

Coincidence? I don't think so.

From an Internet source:

"If there are two things that characterize Islamic culture, they are terrorism and inbreeding. The latest research shows that these two things might be closely connected . . . First cousin marriages have been the tradition in many Muslim families for innumerable generations. Such marriages increase the risk of negative mental and physical consequences . . . Risk of mental retardation increases with 400 percent (Proceedings of the National Academy of Science, 1978 “Effect of inbreeding on IQ and mental retardation”). Research shows that the IQ is 10-16 points lower in children born from blood related parents and that abilities related to social behavior and empathy develops slower in inbred babies (Indian National Science Academy, 1983 “Consanguinity Effects on Intelligence Quotient and Neonatal Behaviours of nsari Muslim Children” [pdf]). Such facts might make several pieces fall into place for many people . . . People with low intelligence (because of inbreeding) might also be easier to brainwash with fundamentalist Islam. "

My emphasis.

.. more from same source

Danish psychologist Nicolai Sennels:

. . . close to ninety percent [of the suicide bombers were] suffering from severe illness such as blindness, cancer, missing limbs or leprosy. Many Muslim societies . . . have a low social acceptance of handicaps and severe illnesses . . . being physically handicapped or mentally retarded often leads to exclusion . . . and becoming a martyr might be the only chance of achieving social recognition and honour — if not just a way to end the pain of being socially isolated (which is especially traumatizing in collectivist cultures like Islam). Al Qaida’s use of people with Down’s syndrome might be another unpleasant side effect of the many chromosomal illnesses resulting from inbreeding between first cousins. People with low intelligence (because of inbreeding) might also be easier to brainwash with fundamentalist Islam.

Welcome Mr. Islamist Refugee.. want to cling to your Muslim inbreeding and Sharia "law"? Then off to the nearest Sharia Camp for you, Mr. Refugee -- until you are ready for the 20th century.

[This I Wonder32460]

Yeah, too bad we didn’t do more then we wouldn’t have a problem. They either wouldn’t exist or they would be Christians.

[Honorary Serb]

Aidan and Sophia are good Orthodox Christian saint names.

http://oca.org/saints/lives/2014/08/31/102445-st-aidan-the-bishop-of-lindesfarne

http://www.antiochian.org/saint_sophia

Perhaps, as these children grow in age and stature, their name-saints will pray them into Holy Orthodoxy!!!!

By the Grace of God! Amen!!!!

[txrefugee]

Why don’t these Muslims stay in Muslim countries? Why do they settle in countries of Christian values? They should settle in seventh century countries where there are millions of Muhammeds, and children can be recruited by a militant gang of murderers when they grow up.

[Gritty]

Or, they could give the little budding jihadi tyke a middle name like "Hussein" and he could grow up to be President!

[TroutStalker]

I helped choose Sophia for a granddaughter’s name five years ago.

[Jan_Sobieski]

Lol! Lost my coffee on that one. 😉

[Terry L Smith]

How’s about “baby GiyoFaouminat”?

[Myrddin]

My Federal Railroad Administration project sponsor has a given name of "Swamidas". He goes by "John" in his daily professional life. He still uses his given name on his driver's license. Many of the mechanical engineers at my subcontractor are Indian. Most retain their given names. It's entertaining to have some variety.

[Bikkuri]

Actually, Ken is also a male name in Japanese too ;-)

[jttpwalsh]

True that - thanks (arigato).

[simpson96]