It was reported this week that the second most popular name for baby boys in the UK is Muhammad and that this name is likely to become the most popular name for baby boys within a year:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/6727101.stm
Does this mean that Islam will eventually take over as the predominant religion within the UK?
2007-06-10 03:36:19 · 30 answers · asked by pagreen1966 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
I daren't answer this question with my true feelings or I will be banned.
2007-06-10 03:40:09 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 6⤊ 4⤋
England with a majority Muslims may well be the comparable regulations as now, and take some hundred years. you do not seem to comprehend england has approximately 4m Muslims in small components, they are actually not unfolded for the time of England, and being an island it has 55m others in the homes they might choose. yet Islam is a dying faith, with the aid of the time they displaced adequate of the inhabitants to be a majority, they does not have adequate Muslims left. in one hundred years England would be ordinarily Atheist. you notice there's a correlation between education and earnings, which reduces religious delusions, and what the ignorant feed on are actually not genuine information, its person-friendly to action picture a close-by with a extreme concentration of muslim human beings and say an entire u . s . is like that, yet its not the certainty, because of the fact the united kingdom opened its doors it relatively stored dozens of church homes, because of the fact the polish have self belief extra suitable than the brits.
2016-11-10 00:10:22 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
What people call their sons and daughters has nothing to do with it. The impression I get is that British people are getting more and more fed up with religion in general which caused terrorism in Ireland and is now causing terrorism all over the world such as the events of 7-7 in London. Result is more and more who used to believe in there being a God are concluding they were wrong. Therefore it seems likely to me there will be less Christians and less Muslims, the only religions people are more likely to turn to would be atheism agnosticism or possibly Buddhism.
2007-06-10 03:53:32 · answer #3 · answered by Wamibo 5 · 3⤊ 1⤋
Obviously that report is innaccurate. There aren't enough muslims in Britain *for* it to be true. It doesn't matter as we will always have a secular government in the UK.
2007-06-10 07:47:47 · answer #4 · answered by James Melton 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
France has the same problem. I don`t think it will take over. The first generation immigrating is traditional but the second generation will assimilate and just like the rest of us will not make more then one baby, will not go to church and will name his children 'Taylor' or ' Bob'.
2007-06-10 03:43:05 · answer #5 · answered by Jane Marple 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Not within a generation
2007-06-10 09:13:33 · answer #6 · answered by Knowing Gnostic 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Even if it does become the most popular religion, how would that make this a Muslim country?
Stop trying to create a climate of fear. Silly questions like this just alarm people.
2007-06-10 11:52:33 · answer #7 · answered by davidifyouknowme 5 · 0⤊ 2⤋
No.
Do we all worship the religion of "Jack", which has been the most popular name for a baby boy for a number of years running now?
It's a matter of 6 to 7000 names - the number is insignificant, vis-a-vis the births-to-death ratio.
2007-06-10 05:48:11 · answer #8 · answered by . 4 · 3⤊ 2⤋
No.
I would say that it just means that there is less variation in Muslim naming.
Jack is still #1. How many Muslims parents name their son Jack?
Even if it does, so what?
2007-06-10 03:41:56 · answer #9 · answered by Simon T 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
No. Sadly, the predominant religion is self!!
2007-06-10 09:36:47 · answer #10 · answered by alan h 1 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I don't feel I can answer the question other than throwing my hands up and stating that only Allah knows. That way I don't have to think for myself.
2007-06-10 09:59:17 · answer #11 · answered by mesun1408 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋