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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.
Some names on the list are allegedly banned by the interior ministry
because they are considered "blasphemous," non-Arabic or non-
Islamic, or contradictory to the kingdom's culture or religion, Gulf News
has reported.
The ban was also allegedly justified by the ministry because some of
the Other sets of forbidden names include those with royal
connotations, such as Sumuw (highness), Malek (king) and Malika
(queen).
Some on the list do not fit into any of these categories however, leaving
the reason for banning them open to speculation.names were deemed
foreign or "inappropriate".
The full list of forbidden names as reported in Gulf News is listed below:
Malaak (angel) Abdul Aati Abdul Naser Abdul Musleh Binyamin (Arabic
for Benjamin)
Naris Yara Sitav Loland Tilaj Barrah Abdul Nabi Abdul Rasool Sumuw
(highness) Al Mamlaka (the kingdom) Malika (queen) Mamlaka
(kingdom) Tabarak (blessed) Nardeen Sandy
Rama (Hindu god) Maline Elaine Inar Maliktina Maya Linda Randa
Basmala (utterance of the name of God)
Jibreel (angel Gabriel) Abdul Mu'een Abrar Iman Bayan Baseel
Wireelam Nabi (prophet) Nabiyya (female prophet) Amir (prince) Taline
Aram Nareej Rital Alice Lareen Kibrial Lauren
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