Posted on 03/15/2014 9:44:24 AM PDT by Olog-hai
Saudi Arabia’s interior ministry has banned 50 names they argue contradict the culture or religion of the Kingdom, according to reports by local media.
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. …
(Excerpt) Read more at belfasttelegraph.co.uk ...
Isn’t Malika the name of one of the Obama daughters?
lol
lol Well, there won’t be so many of me either.
No Jesus?
No Crusader?
The KSA has no use for folks like U & Me. LOL.
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