Muslim inbreeding

[anotheoldgit]

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles /news/news.html?in_article_id=513388&in_page_i d=1770

Why is this a sensitive issue and really debated?

This is yet another drain on our NHS. If is Smoking, drinking etc it is debated and laws introduced and enforced.

Why not in this case?

[Ethel]

It is not a Muslim issue, it is a cultural issue concerning mainly Pakistanis.

Not all Muslims inter-marry like this. It is not illegal in the UK to marry first cousins, and hasn't been for a very long time.

[Booldawg]

HEY! settle down! Its CULTURAL, not religious. This is why I laugh when people say indigenous Britians are a melting pot of the various invasions we've endured over the centuries (Viking, Roman, Norman). This is because they have had very little effect on the template of British genome; they prefer to breed with their own for cultural purposes. The effects of breeding across racial, religous and cultural groups makes up for small, single figures in the total make up of our green and pleasant isle.

[Quinlad]

I seem to remember that TV's Charlie Dimmock married her first cousin.

[Lucy Thomas]

I wish it was really debated but I'm sure you mean rarely.

[helpmetoo]

have you seen the film 'eastern deliverance?'

a key scene is called 'duelling sitars'!

[persianlady]

If it not a good idea for first cousins to marry and have children because of potential birth defects in those children, then why is it allowed here? Obviously it is more prevalent amongst Pakistanis, but it is not against the law.
If it is so risky then why is it allowed here? or anywhere?
There is not a lot we can do about what goes on in Pakistan but we can stop it happening here with every race, religion etc. Perhaps it is more prevalent amongst Pakistanis who go on to marry first cousins for generation after generation and then the gene pool becomes too small. Whatever, if it has been proved to be the case, then it should be stopped, if only for the sake of the children that are at risk of being born with avoidable defects. It is certainly something that needs addressing, and I do not think that is being racist or Islamaphobic if it is fact.
Personally I think it is one step short of incest.