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Where do you live? Country?

• Mikeb85 4y ago
  It's common in basically the whole Arab world. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cousin_marriage_in_the_Middle_East https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cousin_marriage_in_the_Middl...
  • implements 4y ago
    Common in Pakistan, also - not sure about India. It’s odd, because Islam preaches ‘bodily purity’ but repeated cousin marriage rapidly causes the accumulation of significant genetic defects - so you’d think religion would steer culture towards better beliefs and practices concerning that.
    • Yabood 4y ago
      I think you’re confusing religion with cultural practices. Islam allows cousin marriage, but doesn’t encourage it.
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      • implements 4y ago
        Yeah, my post was ambiguous - I was wondering why people who followed Islam retained a cultural practice which seems at odds with the religious principles of physical and ritual purity.
    • the-printer 4y ago
      > so you’d think religion would steer culture towards better beliefs and practices concerning that. If we were to take into account what would influence a family to practice marriage between cousins in excess (which is largely a preoccupation with material wealth and status), then it does.
  • Blackstone4 4y ago
    What drives it? Wealth retention to keep it in the family?