Saudi Arabia’s interior ministry bans 50 names, that the government believes do not coincide with the culture or religion of the kingdom. The list of names include some which are related to royalty; such as “Amir” which means (prince) and some which they consider to be blasphemous; like “Abdul Nabi” which means (slave of the Prophet). The list also includes some foreign names which are thought to be corrosive to Saudi culture.
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After the many public lynchings; countless beheading incidents, hangings and the unimaginable stoning of numerous people to death; the Saudi government has found a new way to oppress its people. By putting restrictions on the names that they would like to give their children.
List Of Banned Names
1. Malaak (angel) 2. Abdul Aati 3. Abdul Naser 4. Abdul Musleh 5. Binyamin (Arabic for Benjamin) 6. Naris 7. Yara 8. Sitav 9. Loland 10. Tilaj 11. Barrah 12. Abdul Nabi 13. Abdul Rasool 14. Sumuw (highness) 15. Al Mamlaka (the kingdom) 16. Malika (queen) 17. Mamlaka (kingdom) 18. Tabarak (blessed) 19. Nardeen 20. Sandy 21. Rama (Hindu god) 22. Maline 23. Elaine 24. Inar 25. Maliktina 26. Maya 27. Linda 28. Randa 29. Basmala (utterance of the name of God) 30. Jibreel (angel Gabriel) 31. Abdul Mu’een 32. Abrar 33. Iman 34. Bayan 35. Baseel 36. Wireelam 37. Nabi (prophet) 38. Nabiyya (female prophet) 39. Amir (prince) 40. Taline 41. Aram 42. Nareej 43. Rital 44. Alice 45. Lareen 46. Kibrial 47. Lauren
This Is Not The Only Problem
Ye,s it is true, that having your freedom of speech and expression oppressed by a tyrannical regime is bad enough on its own. What’s worse is when that regime does not lead its countrymen through its own exemplary character. The Royal family does not follow any of the rules that they set for citizens of the kingdom.
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They indulge in all sorts of things that they themselves deem unlawful in the eyes of god and within the kingdom of Saudi Arabia . And this is the absolute height of hypocrisy where the people who make the rules cease to follow them.