TOULOUSE: French judges are set to rule on whether or not a family in southern France can name their kid "Jihad", a prison source mentioned these days.
The mayor's workplace in the city of Toulouse referred the oldsters to prosecutors once they registered the child in August, which could result in a family pass judgement on ordering them to change the child's identify.
"The process is underway," the prison source mentioned.
Though "jihad" can imply a personal and non-violent combat towards sin for Muslims, reasonably than an Islamic holy conflict, the word has grow to be associated with the extremists who have attacked France many times lately.
French families are now free to select first names -- up till 1993 that they had to pick from an authorized record -- but local authorities can still refer oldsters to prosecutors if their choices are observed as damaging for the child.
In November remaining 12 months, the mayor's workplace in the Riviera city of Nice referred a family to the authorities once they gave their son the same identify as Mohamed Merah, the gunman who killed seven folks, together with three Jewish schoolchildren, in 2012.
The oldsters later determined to offer the child any other identify.
In 2013, a French mother from Nimes made headlines after she despatched her son, named Jihad, to university wearing a T-shirt that learn "I am a bomb" and "Jihad, born on September 11."
The mother, 35 years previous at the time, used to be given a suspended prison sentence for glorifying terrorism.
More than 200 folks had been killed in a string of assaults in France prior to now few years claimed by self- described jihadists spurred on or inspired by the al-Qaida and Islamic State teams.
The mayor's workplace in the city of Toulouse referred the oldsters to prosecutors once they registered the child in August, which could result in a family pass judgement on ordering them to change the child's identify.
"The process is underway," the prison source mentioned.
Though "jihad" can imply a personal and non-violent combat towards sin for Muslims, reasonably than an Islamic holy conflict, the word has grow to be associated with the extremists who have attacked France many times lately.
French families are now free to select first names -- up till 1993 that they had to pick from an authorized record -- but local authorities can still refer oldsters to prosecutors if their choices are observed as damaging for the child.
In November remaining 12 months, the mayor's workplace in the Riviera city of Nice referred a family to the authorities once they gave their son the same identify as Mohamed Merah, the gunman who killed seven folks, together with three Jewish schoolchildren, in 2012.
The oldsters later determined to offer the child any other identify.
In 2013, a French mother from Nimes made headlines after she despatched her son, named Jihad, to university wearing a T-shirt that learn "I am a bomb" and "Jihad, born on September 11."
The mother, 35 years previous at the time, used to be given a suspended prison sentence for glorifying terrorism.
More than 200 folks had been killed in a string of assaults in France prior to now few years claimed by self- described jihadists spurred on or inspired by the al-Qaida and Islamic State teams.
Is 'Jihad' an acceptable name? French judge to rule
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