The banned names include Islam, Quran, Jihad, Hajj, Mecca and Medina... Children carrying those names will be denied social services, healthcare and education
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Source/Credit: The New Arab
By The New Arab | April 26, 2017
Parents in China's largest Muslim province will now have to consult a list of banned names before choosing a name for their babies after the ruling Chinese Communist Party issued a ban on Islamic names.
Authorities in the western region of Xinjiang – where around half of China's 23 million Muslims live – released a list of dozens of banned baby names as part of a crackdown on "extremism", according to local media reports.
The banned names include Islam, Quran, Jihad, Hajj, Mecca and Medina – although a full list has not yet been published.
Children carrying those names will be denied social services, healthcare and education, reports said.
The move has been strongly condemned by rights groups.
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