Is Mohammad the next king of England?
Maybe not this time around, but what about next time? Here’s the story from the Times of London:
Muhammad is No 2 in boy’s names
Explore The Times Book of Names and discover what your name says about you
Muhammad is now second only to Jack as the most popular name for baby boys in Britain and is likely to rise to No 1 by next year, a study by The Times has found. The name, if all 14 different spellings are included, was shared by 5,991 newborn boys last year, beating Thomas into third place, followed by Joshua and Oliver.
Scholars said that the name’s rise up the league table was driven partly by the growing number of young Muslims having families, coupled with the desire to name their child in honour of the Prophet.
Muhammad Anwar, Professor of Ethnic Relations at Warwick University, said: “Muslim parents like to have something that shows a link with their religion or with the Prophet.”… (more here)
This is just what Mark Steyn was talking about in his book America Alone (review from this page here). Wake up America, is it too much to believe that a new majority could be coming to this side of the pond?
…and it ain’t gonna be the WASPs















If you can only own one Clash of civilization book, this is the one to get.
My review
July 9th, 2007 at 6:11 am