It is common to see many African athletes, long distance runners, forced to change their African or christian names in the ignorant Arab and Islamic world. This quite often happens in Qatar, Bahrain, Oman, Arab Emirates,Turkey, Gulf Arabs ...
Have you seen any Muslim forced to change his names in the Western world? No way!
Here is one Ethiopian forced in 2011 in Turkey. You can name many in the Gulf Muslims world and the Middle East.
e.g. Mariam Tanga, Elvan Abeylegesse, (also formerly: Hewan Abeye (አልቫን አበይለገሠ, Amharic) and Elvan Can (
She was born on April 24, 1990 in Ethiopia.[1] Impressed by her countrywoman Elvan Abeylegesse, who became a renowned athlete after acquiring Turkish citizenship, she decided to go to Turkey in order to become an athlete there. In 2006, at age of 16,[1] she illegally immigrated to Turkey via Beirut, Lebanon.[2][3][6] She was caught by police in Istanbul, however barely escaped deportation. Following adventurous times, she was acknowledged as a talented athlete candidate by Ertan Hatipoğlu, the former coach of Abeylegesse.[2][3][6] Her application for Turkish citizenship was accepted in January 2010.[1] She took the Turkish name Meryem and chose as surname Erdoğan for her admiration of the Turkish prime minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan.[4]
Re: African athletes frorced to change names in ...
Roha wedi torserawit,
What is up with your Arab obsession. Did the Arabs mess around with your behind ?
What is up with your Arab obsession. Did the Arabs mess around with your behind ?