Several news stories and blogs reported on the birth of a 13 pound baby boy named ‘Jihad’ born to a German woman over the weekend. Here are links to a couple of these stories followed by thoughts I had when reading about the issue:
German mother gives birth to gigantic baby, names him ‘Jihad’
528 pound woman has 14th child in Germany
Out of many reports on this story it seemed as though the “reporter” seemed to wonder why the woman named her child “Jihad”. Buried in the second link above is the explanation. Mom is a devout Muslim!
Jihad’s mother Elfi Yaghi, 40, has so far failed to explain why she gave her son the potentially incendiary name. However, she is understood to be a devout Muslim.
The woman weighs in at 528 pounds, and suffers from untreated gestational diabetes, Her son, Jihad, weighing in at 13 pounds is considered obese at birth and will likely suffer health problems as well (that is, if he doesn’t blow himself up). Additionally, four of his siblings also had birth weights of more than 11lbs putting them in the obesity category, again future burdens on the health care system.
This is the woman’s 14th child! Not one of the reports have made any mention of the father or fathers involved. Where are they? My guess is the father(s) are not in the picture and this women in poor health with 14 kids is dependent on the welfare state. These kids will most likely grow up in poverty, and being raised as Muslims will add to the growing tensions in Germany over Muslim immigration.
Jihad was born in Germany where there are growing tensions between its citizens and the increasing immigrant Muslim community.
Germany has the largest Muslim population in Western Europe after France. Some 3.5 million Muslims live in the country, and 80 per cent of them do not have German citizenship.
My last point is politically incorrect so stop reading now if you don’t want to be offended.
