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Merrick wrote:
Why can people name their baby mohammed but not their bear?
There's a law in Islam that you cannot portray the prophet Mohammed (idolatry). So to make a graven image of him (he wasn't a fuzzy little stuffed animal with button eyes, but hey) is considered blasphemy.

Mohammed was a popular name in the region long before it was connected with Islam, I guess, so if you name your child Mohammed, it's not a crime.

Or something. I'm probably miles off.

handofdave wrote:
Mohammed was a popular name in the region long before it was connected with Islam......
Yup, your bang on Dave, it was certainly a popular name (long before Islam) in the middle east

Jews and Arabs are from the same Semitic 'root race'

Teddy Bears, sadly, are not

:-(