Why are Hurricaines never given Muslim names?

Answer 1

Well, sir, that is because Muslims come from many countries around the world and have many different names. No rule there can't be a Muslim named Cindy. Great question.

Answer 2

The people who name hurricanes might worry about offending Muslims.

Answer 3

Too hard to pronounce.

Answer 4

The same reason hurricanes aren't given Nazi names

Answer 5

Maybe because no one has thought about it. Has THAT thought occurred to you? Besides, it's not like we have a full-blown committee exclusive selected from the world's brightest minds sitting around thinking about a name for a hurricane!

Oh, by the way, anyone speaking a language of Latin roots from Romance Language origin of the Indo-European language "tree" is "Latin" or "Latino." Whether it is Catalan, French, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish... but if you're referring to Third World people whose ethnic/racial background is composed of Blacks, Native/Aboriginal people of the Americas and White from the invaders that exploited, subjugated and enslaved and massacred New World people, it's a totally different story altogether. We are Hispanics, not "Latinos." Spaniards are "Latinos" but they are not Hispanics because they are a Caucasian European race.

Answer 6

I don't see anything wrong with, say, the first storm of the year being named Amirah.

Indian, Thai, Chinese, Japanese, Swahili and other cultures also have their own common names. All those and a lot more are represented in the America of today. Why shouldn't those names be included in the storm name list?

Of course, an Islamic name would have the fundies will be screaming that the world is ending just as they have been yelling about marriage equality or trans people in the restroom.

Answer 7

Because most hurricanes occur in the Atlantic or eastern pacific so the US gets to name them.
You want to go to the other side of the Pacific and you will find Muslim names for typhoons and cyclones along with Vietnamese , Chinese , Japanese, Malaysian names etc.

Answer 8

why do people double-post?

Answer 9

looks like they will in the future http://geology.com/hurricanes/hurricane-...

Answer 10

I know right? Racist! Discrimination! Muslims are peaceful and culturally enriching