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Saudi Arabia bans names deemed “‘blasphemous,’ non-Arabic or non-Islamic”

Mar 15, 2014 8:55 am By Robert Spencer

niqab saudi_womenElaine, Linda and Alice have already jetted to Gstaad. In any case, it’s good to know that they have their priorities straight in the Kingdom of the Two Holy Places. At a time when Saudis hardened by jihad wars in Syria and Iraq are joining al Qaeda in Yemen, they’re cracking down on names like “Lauren.” After all, imagine the damage a girl named “Sandy” can do, as opposed to a jihad terrorist. There’s just no comparison, now, is there?

“Is your name now ‘banned’ in Saudi Arabia?,” from the Belfast Telegraph, March 15 (thanks to Twostellas):

Parents in the Kingdom will reportedly no longer be able to call their children by names such as Linda, Alice, Elaine or Binyamin (Arabic for Benjamin) after the civil affairs department at the ministry issued a list of the prohibited names.

Binyamin is believed in Islam to be the son of Prophet Jacob, but is also the name of the current Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

Some names on the list are allegedly banned by the interior ministry because they are considered “blasphemous,” non-Arabic or non-Islamic, or contradictory to the kingdom’s culture or religion, Gulf News has reported.

The ban was also allegedly justified by the ministry because some of the names were deemed foreign or “inappropriate”.

Other sets of forbidden names include those with royal connotations, such as Sumuw (highness), Malek (king) and Malika (queen).

Some on the list do not fit into any of these categories however, leaving the reason for banning them open to speculation.

The full list of forbidden names as reported in Gulf News is listed below:

Malaak (angel)

Abdul Aati

Abdul Naser

Abdul Musleh

Binyamin (Arabic for Benjamin)

Naris

Yara

Sitav

Loland

Tilaj

Barrah

Abdul Nabi

Abdul Rasool

Sumuw (highness)

Al Mamlaka (the kingdom)

Malika (queen)

Mamlaka (kingdom)

Tabarak (blessed)

Nardeen

Sandy

Rama (Hindu god)

Maline

Elaine

Inar

Maliktina

Maya

Linda

Randa

Basmala (utterance of the name of God)

Jibreel (angel Gabriel)

Abdul Mu’een

Abrar

Iman

Bayan

Baseel

Wireelam

Nabi (prophet)

Nabiyya (female prophet)

Amir (prince)

Taline

Aram

Nareej

Rital

Alice

Lareen

Kibrial

Lauren

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  1. ecosse1314 says

    Mar 15, 2014 at 9:00 am

    Have now checked the list three times but can find Mr Dude nowhere.

    • revg says

      Mar 15, 2014 at 9:12 am

      You mean ” Misz Tar-doud”?

      • ecosse1314 says

        Mar 15, 2014 at 9:28 am

        I did indeed and in the same vein, there is no Misz Tar- doorkhans

  2. jewdog says

    Mar 15, 2014 at 9:54 am

    My Mom wanted to name me Elvis, but she decided that I was nuthin’ but a jewdog.

  3. Kalliope says

    Mar 15, 2014 at 10:49 am

    Īmān just means “faith” in Arabic.
    It has nothing to do with ʾIslām, which is why they banned it.
    Like “Fe” means faith in Spanish.
    And “Faith” means, well, faith in English.

  4. Jay Boo says

    Mar 15, 2014 at 11:07 am

    Other English names such as Peace and Infidel are not allowed in Islam.
    One exception is “the Serpent Servant of Satan” since it is an obvious synonym of Muhammad.

    • Kalliope says

      Mar 15, 2014 at 11:13 am

      “Peace”

      Saudis: “Well, we can’t have any of that.”

  5. CogitoErgoSum says

    Mar 15, 2014 at 11:10 am

    This is the full list? Wow, those Saudi’s are really liberal. What about Lucifer and Satan or Iblis and Shaytan along with the other infernal names I was able to find with just a few minutes of searching the internet? Come on guys, you aren’t really trying. See the link below:

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_infernal_names

  6. Ray says

    Mar 15, 2014 at 1:07 pm

    Bubba available?

  7. BlueRaven says

    Mar 15, 2014 at 2:21 pm

    Pew!! I can sleep real good tonight, my name is not on the list. Is this list frozen or evolving unlike the SaudiArabs?

  8. Salah says

    Mar 15, 2014 at 3:23 pm

    One more name to add to this list: ROBERT!!!

  9. No Fear says

    Mar 15, 2014 at 6:01 pm

    ….but it is not blasphemous to copy the “excellent example” of Mohammed and marry your own cousin, produce a genetically defective child then name that child “Mohammed”.

    Go figure.

  10. Martin says

    Mar 15, 2014 at 11:03 pm

    Who the f cares

  11. Frank Courtney says

    Mar 16, 2014 at 6:54 am

    My name’s not on the list!!!

    FRANK – add it immediately you bunch of Saudi camel p!$$ drinking goat f*°*°*g clowns!

  12. Geordie says

    Mar 16, 2014 at 7:50 am

    It’s all a big joke. Right up to the point where they chop someone’s head off for giving a child a blasphemous name.

  13. Gamaliel says

    Mar 16, 2014 at 7:54 am

    I always liked the name Lauren. Now I like it even more.

    • revg says

      Mar 16, 2014 at 8:03 am

      I think they outlawed it because of the saint by that name….you know, Yves Saint Lauren.

  14. Ranchman says

    Mar 20, 2014 at 2:58 am

    What about “Michael?” It would seem as if any names from the ONLY true holy book, you know, the Holy Bible, are outlawed, like the aforementioned “Michael,” after the archangel.

    I will never understand these muzzies. The headline of one of Mr. Spencer’s articles reads “Who Gives Victory? Allah. Who Takes Lives? Allah.” That right there is pretty obvious, to anyone with more than a camel’s intelligence anyway, that islam=death, but banning names? That’s pretty whacked out for even the Saudis, isn’t it?

    On second thought…maybe not.

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