French judges are set to rule on whether a family in southern France can call their child “Jihad”, a legal source told AFP on Monday.
The mayor’s office in the city of Toulouse referred the parents to prosecutors after they registered the child in August, which could lead to a family judge ordering them to change the child’s name.
“The process is underway,” the legal source said.
Though “jihad” can mean a personal and non-violent struggle against sin for Muslims, rather than an Islamic holy war, the word has become associated with the extremists who have attacked France repeatedly in recent years.
French families are now free to choose first names — up until 1993 they had to pick from an approved list — but local authorities can still refer parents to prosecutors if their choices are seen as damaging for the child.
In November last year, the mayor’s office…
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