{"id":269390,"date":"2017-04-21T17:38:34","date_gmt":"2017-04-21T21:38:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rael.org\/?p=269390"},"modified":"2020-11-13T15:41:35","modified_gmt":"2020-11-13T20:41:35","slug":"georgia-parents-win-legal-battle-to-name-baby-girl-allah","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rael.org\/zh-hant\/georgia-parents-win-legal-battle-to-name-baby-girl-allah\/","title":{"rendered":"Georgia parents win legal battle to name baby girl Allah"},"content":{"rendered":"
RAEL\u2019S COMMENT:<\/strong><\/span><\/h5>\n
A great victory for freedom lovers. Thank you UCLA!<\/strong><\/span><\/h5>\n

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A couple in the US state of Georgia have won their legal battle to give their baby daughter the surname Allah.<\/p>\n

The state had refused to issue a birth certificate for ZalyKha Graceful Lorraina Allah on the grounds that neither parent has that last name.<\/p>\n

The American Civil Liberties Union, which brought the case, called the decision a victory for free expression.<\/p>\n

But the largest Muslim advocacy group in the US said the surname could be considered offensive.<\/p>\n

The Georgia Department of Health had initially said the one-year-old daughter of parents Elizabeth Handy and Bilal Walk should have either of their surnames, or a combination of both.<\/p>\n

But the parents said their sons – aged three and 17 – had both been allowed the surname Allah.<\/p>\n

Georgia law requires officials to allow any name as long as it is not considered provocative or offensive.<\/p>\n

However, the Council on American-Islamic Relations said using Allah as a surname was culturally insensitive.<\/p>\n

Director Nihad Awad said several Arabic names refer to God, such as Abdullah, which means “servant of God”.<\/p>\n

But he added: “You would never use just Allah. That would be considered very inappropriate.”<\/p>\n

“This is an important vindication of parental rights,” said Andrea Young of the American Civil Liberties Union, which helped the parents to sue the state.<\/p>\n

“No one wants to live in a world where the government can dictate what you can and cannot name your child,” she added.<\/p>\n

The parents, who are expecting their fourth child soon, welcomed the state’s decision, which allows the child to have a social security number, enrol in school and, if necessary, receive government benefits such as food stamps.<\/p>\n

In March, the couple told the Atlanta Journal-Constitution that they had chosen the name because it is “noble”, not for religious reasons.<\/p>\n

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