Talk:Muhammad (name)

See also

See also discussion on Talk:Muhammad (disambiguation). --Yury Petrachenko 05:12, 2 December 2007 (UTC)

UK

• Mohammed now second most popular boys' name in Britain --Striver - talk 10:34, 21 December 2007 (UTC)

First person named Muhammad

Was the profit Muhammad the first person to have that name? Does anyone know the first person to have that name? "Muhammed" may have been a title used to refer to Jesus (of the gospels).
See Muhammed, Muadh: the Title St.Trond (talk) 12:46, 24 September 2008 (UTC)

A coin with Christ, cross on both sides, and the text: MHMT (muhammad) dated 16 AH is depicted here. St.Trond (talk) 19:39, 12 December 2009 (UTC)

Transliterations

The paragraph on transliterations of Muhammad is a little messy. It was originally in the Etymology section, so I put it in a new section. However, I feel that this is not enough, and a lot of languages still are not represented. Does anyone want to make this into a table or list? Oral Thrush (talk) 01:36, 10 January 2009 (UTC)

Problems with the list

First, I'm not sure that the "List of prominent people named Muhammad" is really necessary. Seeing as how it's the most common first name in the world, this list would have to be enormous in order to have any hope of being complete. A search of "Muhammad" on wikipedia yields a whopping 17,429 articles. Granted, some of them probably just mention someone named Muhammed, but I've skimmed through the search results and it appears that most of the articles are about individuals named Muhammad, or one of the alternative spellings. By virtue of having a wikipedia article, all of these people are "prominent" and should therefore be on this list, which would obviously be far too long for a single article.

Second, the list is a mess. There's a section for first names, and a section for surnames. Fine. There are numerous names in the first name section that belong in the surname section, and some that occur in both. The surname section has nothing filled in under "lifespan" and very little under "description." Also, there doesn't appear to be a single reference anywhere in any section of the list. Just because they link to wikipedia articles doesn't mean that they don't need references.

Third, and probably most important, I'm concerned about neutral point of view. The list is primarily composed of politicians, artists, and athletes. Where are the controversial figures? Where are the terrorists? I see Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, although there is nothing in his "description" box; and I see one Taliban leader. That's it for controversial figures. Where is Mohamed Atta, who murdered several thousand innocent people? I'd say that he's "prominent." There are A LOT of terrorists named Muhammad (see http://www.angelfire.com/ultra/terroristscorecard/index.html). The neutral point of view on this page is extremely lacking. Klopek007 (talk) 09:17, 13 September 2010 (UTC)

Update: Added "multiple issues" tag to the names section, added details for Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, added Mohamed Atta. Klopek007 (talk) 13:46, 13 September 2010 (UTC)

Muhammad bin Qasim

Why is this great name not in the list?