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posted by Fnord666 on Saturday April 29 2017, @05:28AM   Printer-friendly
from the where-to-draw-the-line dept.

Officials in Xinjiang will deny benefits to children with certain Islamic or Islam-related names:

Many couples fret over choosing the perfect name for their newborn, but for Muslims in western China that decision has now become even more fraught: pick the wrong name and your child will be denied education and government benefits.

Officials in the western region of Xinjiang, home to roughly half of China's 23 million Muslims, have released a list of banned baby names amid an ongoing crackdown on religion, according to a report by US-funded Radio Free Asia.

Names such as Islam, Quran, Saddam and Mecca, as well as references to the star and crescent moon symbol, are all unacceptable to the ruling Communist party and children with those names will be denied household registration, a crucial document that grants access to social services, healthcare and education.

Muhammad, Jihad, Medina, Mujahid, Arafat, Imam, Hajj, and Yultuzay are also banned.

Also at NYT. Reuters story about other restrictions that went into effect on April 1st.

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday April 30 2017, @09:59AM (5 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Sunday April 30 2017, @09:59AM (#501814)

    When this evidence is evaluated systematically, the only rational conclusion is that Islam's lone prophet critic and author of The Prophet of Doom is a ruthless terrorist, a mass-murderer, a thief, slave trader, rapist and Republican.

    FTFY.

    Has a ring, though, we might even consider this Islamophobic AC as "The AC of Doom!" Part of the Marvel Universe? Or Trump's brain trust, like Flynn?

  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday April 30 2017, @10:56AM (4 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Sunday April 30 2017, @10:56AM (#501821)

    When this evidence is evaluated systematically, the only rational conclusion is that Islam's lone prophet critic and author of The Prophet of Doom is a ruthless terrorist, a mass-murderer, a thief, slave trader, rapist and Republican.

    I see you like to resort to outright blatant lies and projection. I assume you're being paid to post such transparent tripe? [theintercept.com] Otherwise, I look forward to your evidence that the author of Prophet of Doom is a mass-murderer, let alone a slaver, rapist, terrorist, or thief. Note that all these accusations you just made still perfectly apply to Mohummad.

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday April 30 2017, @11:20AM (3 children)

      by Anonymous Coward on Sunday April 30 2017, @11:20AM (#501823)

      > I assume you're being paid to post such transparent tripe?

      Lol. And that is everything anyone needs to know about your grip on reality.
      As if anyone would pay someone to fuck around with an AC on a website nobody has heard of regarding some fringe nutjob protocols-of-the-elders-of-zion level bullshit.
      Your delusions of grandeur would be hilarious if what they revealed about you weren't so sad.

      • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday April 30 2017, @11:50AM (2 children)

        by Anonymous Coward on Sunday April 30 2017, @11:50AM (#501827)

        Lol.

        So... you ARE a paid disinfo troll [theintercept.com]? =)

        If we treat you like Pravda and invert the meaning of everything you say, will we be closer to truth? Truth such as: Islam is an unreformable (i.e. "perfect") violent ideology bent on a literal world war of conquest?

        • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday April 30 2017, @05:28PM (1 child)

          by Anonymous Coward on Sunday April 30 2017, @05:28PM (#501917)

          Yes I am being paid by the CIA to brainwash you.
          And they are only paying me 10 cents a day because your brain is so small that it takes no work at all.

          • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday May 01 2017, @12:10AM

            by Anonymous Coward on Monday May 01 2017, @12:10AM (#502061)

            So, taking the Pravda approach with a known liar [soylentnews.org] leaves me with: the CIA is not paying you, but whoever is is handing you a significant sum because the targets are deemed significantly threatening [theintercept.com].

            They should get a refund from you.

            None of this changes the objective fact that Islam is a fundamentally violent ideology that demands its adherents wage war (both hot and cold, as necessary) around the world, using force or deceit (the latter is considered to be moral particularly when advancing the goals of Islam), and cannot be reformed as Islam's source material refers to itself as "perfect".