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. . . but, sadly, not absorbing

APRIL is the cruellest month, and “Mohammed” is the commonest name, or soon will be, in England. The news that, by the end of the year, “Mohammed” will be the name given to more male babies in England than “John” has a symbolic significance, even if it is only the logical result of a demographic trend that has been clear for some time now.

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Theodore Dalrymple

Mr. Dalrymple, a retired doctor, is a contributing editor of City Journal and The New English Review. He is the author of False Positive: A Year of Error, Omission, and Political Correctness in the New England Journal of Medicine.

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. . . but, sadly, not absorbing

APRIL is the cruellest month, and “Mohammed” is the commonest name, or soon will be, in England. The news that, by the end of the year, “Mohammed” will be the name given to more male babies in England than “John” has a symbolic significance, even if it is only the logical result of a demographic trend that has been clear for some time now.

About the Author

Theodore Dalrymple

Mr. Dalrymple, a retired doctor, is a contributing editor of City Journal and The New English Review. He is the author of False Positive: A Year of Error, Omission, and Political Correctness in the New England Journal of Medicine.