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Accidentally halal (media.fedia.io)
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Context: In Islam people must be identified by their paternal lineage, meaning one's patronym/last name/however their culture identifies paternal ancestry must tie to their father. This is because the Quran says "call them by the names of their fathers" (Quran 33:5), and while the verse was talking about adoption the principle is unanimously interpreted to apply in general.

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[-] urheber@discuss.tchncs.de 24 points 5 days ago

Religion is so dumb

[-] JusticeForPorygon 21 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

I think when people get married they should make up their own last name. Kind of like saying your future is yours to make.

[-] JelleWho@lemmy.world 6 points 5 days ago

We managed to get 12 generations into our family tree. I can confirm there are more name changes and weird things happening than you think. We definitely kinda used to do this...

[-] lugal@sopuli.xyz 1 points 5 days ago

My family's last name was changed in the Third Reich because it was a German family with a Slavic name (which isn't even true but who cares) in the eastern part of the Reich (what is now well inside Poland). I'm not saying that's a good reason to change the name but it shows that it's possible.

[-] db2@lemmy.world 6 points 5 days ago

I wanted to make a joke about a fictional "Heilhitlervich" family name but it just isn't funny no matter how I phrase it when we're have actual Nazis in power again somehow.

[-] NoneOfUrBusiness@fedia.io 3 points 5 days ago

For what it's worth, I laughed.

[-] Jiggle_Physics@quokk.au 2 points 5 days ago

I have a friend that, when she got married, they combined their last names into a new name.

[-] ExLisper@lemmy.curiana.net 14 points 5 days ago

also

[-] caboose2006@lemmy.world 11 points 5 days ago

My wife kept her last name because she's a published academic, but her last name is a slang word for something related to genitals (won't dox myself here) so we agreed any kids we have get my last name.

[-] kevincox@lemmy.ml 5 points 5 days ago

My wife's last name was Wang. She was planning on taking her husband's last name her whole life. Joke's on her.

[-] NoneOfUrBusiness@fedia.io 4 points 5 days ago

Accidentally halal^2.

[-] CyberEgg@discuss.tchncs.de 12 points 5 days ago

Who cares about what some guys made up hundreds and thousands of years ago?

[-] Valmond@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 5 days ago

You wouldn't imagine, smh

[-] psx_crab@lemmy.zip 11 points 5 days ago

Who need gender equality and freedom when you can be a prisoner with limited freedom?

[-] ExLisper@lemmy.curiana.net 6 points 5 days ago

Spain has the best system. Everyone has two last names, one from father and one from mother. Women keep their names after marriage. Children get first last name of the father and first last name of the mother.

[-] ttayh@lemmy.zip 4 points 5 days ago

That's not uncommon for latin countries, it's the same for italy, brasil, argentina

only, in brasil at least, by custom, the mom's last name comes first

[-] samus12345@sh.itjust.works 1 points 5 days ago

Men and woman are equal, so use your grandfather's last name!

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