http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2008/03/25/nmuslims125.xml Interesting article here, Ive read on another website that name Mohhamad is the 2nd most popular in Britain? Is that true??
Olivier Servaix, sociologist at Université catholique de Louvain, said in an interview to La Libre Belgique that Brussels, would have a Muslim majority in 15-20 years, due to the community's high birth-rate. According to Servaix, a third of the population of Brussels is Muslim. Since 2001, Mohammed is the most popular name for new-born boys.
IMHO I did not see anyone blaming Muslims, till now all the posts are more or less factual in nature except a little digression from Bogart and Yours Truly. What we are experiencing is a change of demographics, you can see that developed countries have much lower birth rates than developing countries. Muslim migrants tend to have more children because of that. Given the statistics shown in the thread, it is imperative that more focus be on the integration of Muslims into the society mainstream. Countries involved need to educate their population to understand Muslims, their religions and their cultures and Muslims in turn need to appreciate the differences of non Muslims. Only by understanding each other can conflicts be lessen. The high birth rates can be a blessing in disguise given the rapidly graying population of Europe, it will mean more young people working to help support the social security systems in place. It may also mean that there are more clashes due to cultural and religious differences. The conflicts need to be preempt as racism, once it raised its ugly head is extremely difficult to control and contain.
Sorry for long post . Malmö: 2007 Baby names : 47 Elias. 40 Mohammed (Mohamad, Mohamed, Mohammad, Muhammad, Muhammed, Mahamed). 35 Josef (Yosef, Yousef, Yusuf, Youssef, Joseph, Jossef, Yousseph, Youssuf). 28 Alexander (Aleksandar, Aleksander), Erik (Eric) 27 Victor (Viktor). 26 Filip (Philip) 24 Adam, Oscar (Oskar). 23 Carl (Karl). 22 William. 21 Theo (Teo), Lucas (Lukas). 20 Liam, Anton (Anthon). 18 Benjamin (Benyamin). 17 Oliver, Viggo (Wiggo). 16 Ali, Axel, David, Hugo, Jonathan (Jonatan), Elliot (Elliott), Isak (Isaac, Isac). 15 Gustav (Gustaf), Emil, Felix, Noah, Sixten, Malte (Malthe). 14 Simon, Vincent, Gabriel (Gabrijel). 13 Linus, Max, Omar, Edvin (Edwin), Ludvig (Ludwig), Theodor (Teodor, Theodore, Theodore), Jacob (Jakob, Jakub, Yakub). 12 Daniel, Ahmed/Ahmad. 11 Albin, Leo, Leon(Lèon). 10 Ibrahim, Måns, Sebastian. 9 Mustafa (Mustapha), Casper(Kasper), Love (Lowe), Vilmer (Wilmer). 8 Adrian, Albert, Arvid, Alfred (Aelfred), Kevin (Kewin), Marcus (Markus) Nils, Noel, Olle, Samuel, Sigge, Hussein (Hosein, Hüseyin, Hossein, Husein). 7 Alvin, Fabian, Hannes, Lukas, Melker, Milo, Ossian, Mattias (Mathias), Niklas (Niclas), Ville (Wille). 6 Melvin (Melwin), Ruben, Harry, Hamza (Hamze), Dennis (Deniz), Hassan (Hasan). 5 fick namnet Abbe, Alex, Amir, Anas, Aron, Bruno, Emilio, Frans, Hampus, Jesper, John, Kalle, Maximilian, Milton, Samir, Vidar, Vilgot, Joel (Joël), Haidar (Haider), Alfons (Alfonz). 4 Algot, Arda, Charlie, Colin, Dion, Efe, Enes, Hadi, Hjalmar, Jack, Jonas, Julian, Malcolm, Mario, Neo, Rasmus, Sven, Henry (Henri), Christoffer (Christopher, Kristoffer), Mahmoud (Mahmod), Vilhelm (Wilhelm). 3 Abdullah, Aldin, Alvar, Andi, André, Andreas, Anes, Angelo, Dominic, Douglas, Emanuel, Henrik, Julius, Karim, Kenan, Marley, Matteo, Mehmet, Musa, Nathan, Otto, Sam, Silas, Ture, Yunus, Zack, Zakarias, Zion, Luca (Luka), Tarek (Tarik), Amar (Ammar, Ammir), Said (Zayd, Zaid), Zakaria (Zakariya).
Interesting article, but hardly surprising - being Christian is a lifestyle choice whereas most Muslims don't have that luxury.