Among increasingly religious Tajiks, Islamic-Arabic names have become more popular over Tajik names.[588] However the government has considered the outlawing of Arabic-Islamic names for children.[589][590][591][592][593][594] Tajikistan President Rakhmon (Rahmon) has said that the Persian epic Shahnameh should be used as a source for names, with his proposed law hinting that Muslim names would be forbidden after his anti hijab and anti beard laws.[595]