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  • Name Change
     OP - August 30, 2009, 09:04 PM
    Hi
    I am decided to stop being a muslim for about 1 year now. I am interested very much in hinduism. One of the ways of converting is by giving up your muslim identity i.e. having a name change.
    Has any one on the forum given up their muslim identity by having a name change ? Do you like being called by your muslim name ?

    Your thoughts please ?
  • Re: Name Change
     Reply #1 - August 30, 2009, 09:07 PM
    Thats a first - can I ask why are you leaving one faith to take up another - Do you know anyone else that has done the same?
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  • Re: Name Change
     Reply #2 - August 30, 2009, 09:09 PM
    I'm content with my name and I wouldn't consider changing it.
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  • Re: Name Change
     Reply #3 - August 30, 2009, 09:23 PM
    Quote from: indiana on August 30, 2009, 09:04 PM
    Hi
    I am decided to stop being a muslim for about 1 year now. I am interested very much in hinduism. One of the ways of converting is by giving up your muslim identity i.e. having a name change.
    Has any one on the forum given up their muslim identity by having a name change ? Do you like being called by your muslim name ?

    Your thoughts please ?


    I did think about changing my name when I was a kid - but not now.

    May I ask why you are thinking of converting to Hinduism?

    What attracts you to it?

    Are you from the Indian Sub-continent?
  • Re: Name Change
     Reply #4 - August 30, 2009, 09:31 PM
    what to get back to my roots ... pre-islam
  • Re: Name Change
     Reply #5 - August 30, 2009, 09:39 PM
    Some people already call me Fred instead of Farid... xD
    But I'm not going to change it...
    I like my name... xD
    It means "unique" and I'm trying to be as unique as possible...
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  • Re: Name Change
     Reply #6 - August 30, 2009, 09:41 PM
    Quote from: indiana on August 30, 2009, 09:31 PM
    what to get back to my roots ... pre-islam

    You want to follow the religious way of life that your ancestors did -  Do you believe that you were preordained to follow Hinduism? 
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  • Re: Name Change
     Reply #7 - August 30, 2009, 09:44 PM
    Quote from: indiana on August 30, 2009, 09:31 PM
    what to get back to my roots ... pre-islam



    Are you an Asian from India/Pakistan?

    Are your family still Muslim? (How do they feel?)

    So are you motivated to become Hindu because you feel an urge to rediscover your ancestral roots?

    Or because you are convinced Hinduism is true?

  • Re: Name Change
     Reply #8 - August 30, 2009, 10:00 PM
    4th generation indian (but not living in india).
    my whole family is muslim. I have this urge to rediscover where i come from before being muslim.
    i dont know if hinduism is true or not, but i know for certain i am not muslim
  • Re: Name Change
     Reply #9 - August 30, 2009, 10:01 PM
    I see, good luck with it..
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  • Re: Name Change
     Reply #10 - August 30, 2009, 10:06 PM
    Quote from: indiana on August 30, 2009, 10:00 PM
    4th generation indian (but not living in india).
    my whole family is muslim. I have this urge to rediscover where i come from before being muslim.
    i dont know if hinduism is true or not, but i know for certain i am not muslim


    I can relate to that - though if you don't mind me saying I suspect it has more to do with finding an identity than a religion to believe in.
  • Re: Name Change
     Reply #11 - August 30, 2009, 10:20 PM
    I don't blame you, I'm sick and tired of having a Muslim name and identity, no offence to anyone but I'm getting rid of it as soon as it is convenient.

    Maybe something nice and an identity that reflects my ancestry, like Kosta Shavelli or Miklos Hovsepian or Dmitar Roschetopv

    eh, I've got plenty of time to think of it later.
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  • Re: Name Change
     Reply #12 - August 30, 2009, 10:24 PM
    If I ever have kids, I definitely won't give them Islamic names. I will probably give them urdu or persian names. Its just something I remember my dad saying when I was asking my sister if Omar Sharif was a Muslim. My dad said "Of course he is a Muslim! His name is Omar Sharif!"
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  • Re: Name Change
     Reply #13 - August 30, 2009, 10:25 PM
    Quote from: aliadiere on August 30, 2009, 10:24 PM
    If I ever have kids, I definitely won't give them Islamic names. I will probably give them urdu or persian names. Its just something I remember my dad saying when I was asking my sister if Omar Sharif was a Muslim. My dad said "Of course he is a Muslim! His name is Omar Sharif!"

    I called my kids Persian names.  Talking about names, have any apostates called their kids Mohammed?
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  • Re: Name Change
     Reply #14 - August 30, 2009, 10:34 PM
    Quote from: Farid92 on August 30, 2009, 09:39 PM
    Some people already call me Fred instead of Farid... xD
    But I'm not going to change it...
    I like my name... xD
    It means "unique" and I'm trying to be as unique as possible...


    Fareed or Farid is not an Islamic name! You are lucky. Muslim names usually start by Abdul and Mohamed of course...
    ...
  • Re: Name Change
     Reply #15 - August 30, 2009, 10:36 PM
    Quote from: IsLame on August 30, 2009, 10:25 PM
    I called my kids Persian names.  Talking about names, have any apostates called their kids Mohammed?


    IsLame, you have kids?
    ...
  • Re: Name Change
     Reply #16 - August 30, 2009, 10:47 PM
    Aliadiere I used to be guilty of the same stuff, whenever I would hear of a celebrity or a famous person with a remotely Muslim name I would get happy and assume they were Muslim, if I found out it wasn't true I would then feel scorn and contempt for the person for stealing "our" name.

    This in itself is kind of typical of the us and them attitude that some Muslims in the West have.
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  • Re: Name Change
     Reply #17 - August 30, 2009, 10:51 PM
    Quote from: RIBS on August 30, 2009, 10:36 PM
    IsLame, you have kids?

    yeah, got 2 boys - 3 & 6 years old
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  • Re: Name Change
     Reply #18 - August 30, 2009, 11:25 PM
    I'd recommend getting rid of "Mohammed", it adds at least 4 hours delay at an American airport from my experience. I was interrogated at a US airport, nicely though, by a nice officer called Randy who helped me catch the next available plane after the questioning. Happened to dad another time too.
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  • Re: Name Change
     Reply #19 - August 30, 2009, 11:32 PM
    I'm going to change my name: either to Mr Wildstomp, or to Orlando Godhando. I think the latter is most likely!
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  • Re: Name Change
     Reply #20 - August 30, 2009, 11:37 PM
    I might change my first name to prophet, second name to Muhammed, and surname to sallallaahu 'alayhi wasallam
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  • Re: Name Change
     Reply #21 - August 30, 2009, 11:44 PM
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    I might change my first name to prophet, second name to Muhammed, and surname to sallallaahu 'alayhi wasallam


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  • Re: Name Change
     Reply #22 - August 30, 2009, 11:52 PM
    Quote from: IsLame on August 30, 2009, 10:51 PM
    yeah, got 2 boys - 3 & 6 years old


    Awh.
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  • Re: Name Change
     Reply #23 - August 31, 2009, 03:25 AM
    I've thought about it, but never bothered. I was never Muslim, but my father was and I have a Muslim first and middle name and Arabic last name, which is a pain at airports and just generally a pain in the ass to explain to people when they ask if I'm Muslim. Whatever, I'm keeping it until I have a compelling reason to change it.
    fuck you
  • Re: Name Change
     Reply #24 - August 31, 2009, 03:53 AM
    +1 (Aside from the never been Muslim part)
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  • Re: Name Change
     Reply #25 - August 31, 2009, 06:57 AM
    @Pazuzu & IsLame - I dare you both!

    GREAT names btw... Cheesy
  • Re: Name Change
     Reply #26 - August 31, 2009, 07:02 AM
    Having a Muslim name can be an inconvenience and a disadvantage in some circles in the West. I go to customers and you can tell a change in attitude with some after they hear my name.

    I always think that my ancestors from India would have had Arab/Muslim names forced onto them and hence my name does not reflect my ancestry. But not sure if I'm up to all the hassle of changing it.
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  • Re: Name Change
     Reply #27 - August 31, 2009, 07:08 AM
    Quote from: indiana on August 30, 2009, 09:04 PM
    I am decided to stop being a muslim for about 1 year now. I am interested very much in hinduism.


    My ancestors would have been Hindus too. But I'm not sure about jumping from 1 God to Many Gods is a wise idea.

    Though some of Hindu philosophy such as ahimsa (non-violence) is appealing, I've also done a bit of Yoga which is very good, believing and worshipping elephant headed or monkey gods is not so inviting.
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  • Re: Name Change
     Reply #28 - August 31, 2009, 09:12 AM
    "I'd recommend getting rid of "Mohammed", it adds at least 4 hours delay at an American airport from my experience. I was interrogated at a US airport, nicely though, by a nice officer called Randy who helped me catch the next available plane after the questioning. Happened to dad another time too."

    My name's Mohammed and they never stopped me once in the airport-either in the UK or America. Maybe I got lucky.
    "I am ready to make my confession. I ask for no forgiveness father, for I have not sinned. I have only done what I needed to do to survive. I did not ask for the life that I was given, but it was given nonetheless-and with it, I did my best"
  • Re: Name Change
     Reply #29 - August 31, 2009, 09:52 AM
    I was always glad that I had a western name (because I'm a convert) and didn't have to take too much crap at the airport, I was just a guy with a beard.
    I chose to get circumcised at 17, don't tell me I never believed.
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