French prosecutor to decide whether parents can name son 'Jihad'
The French public prosecutor's office in the southern city of Toulouseis to decide on whether the parents of a baby boy are legally entitled to name him Jihad, a phonetic spelling from the Arabic meaning "struggle" and which has become a common term adopted by Islamic fundamentalists engaged in terrorist attacks, which have claimed more than 230 lives in France over the past two years.
IsIs it acceptable to name your baby "Jihad" in France, which has suffered Europe's worst Islamist terror attacks in recent years? France's chief prosecutor now has to wrestle with that question after a couple's chosen name for their son was referred by authorities in Toulouse, reports BBC News.
