Exactly. I found it sickening that this sentiment of 1/4 ain't too shabby so lets try again was so prevalent.
Evidently they don't understand how odds and probability work.
Gambling with a life, your child's life, is morally bankrupt.
marrying your cousin?
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Exactly. I found it sickening that this sentiment of 1/4 ain't too shabby so lets try again was so prevalent.
Evidently they don't understand how odds and probability work.
Gambling with a life, your child's life, is morally bankrupt.
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Through close personal knowledge I can tell you that a after an abnormal birth the odds of it happening again and the reasons behind it are made perfectly clear to the couple concerned.
They reason they continue is "tradition". This particular tradition should be nipped in the bud asap by means of legislation and custodial sentences if necessary. It's completely unacceptable and unnecessary.
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this is practised in most if not all muslim countries.
mate from school (his family are iraqi), his mum and dad were cousins and im sure he went on to marry his cousin too.
i know mostly all pakistani's do this too, usually marrying their cousin from pakistan rather than a cousin who is already here so they can gain entry to this country. its a common thing. helps out the family and all.
it is also done because its easy and quick to arrange marriages, usually the parents will have decided it by the time the kids are 12, since they are family, they already know what they are like, almost impossible to break off, etc.
muslims marry their cousins and if its an arranged marriage 99% of the time it will be 2 cousins marrying each other. the reason why the figure in the UK is over 50% and not 100% is because some pakistani muslims are more modern and dont want an arranged marriage, therefore they bring the % down, otherwise it would be a lot higher.
mate from school (his family are iraqi), his mum and dad were cousins and im sure he went on to marry his cousin too.
i know mostly all pakistani's do this too, usually marrying their cousin from pakistan rather than a cousin who is already here so they can gain entry to this country. its a common thing. helps out the family and all.
it is also done because its easy and quick to arrange marriages, usually the parents will have decided it by the time the kids are 12, since they are family, they already know what they are like, almost impossible to break off, etc.
muslims marry their cousins and if its an arranged marriage 99% of the time it will be 2 cousins marrying each other. the reason why the figure in the UK is over 50% and not 100% is because some pakistani muslims are more modern and dont want an arranged marriage, therefore they bring the % down, otherwise it would be a lot higher.
Met a relation at a wedding recently whom I'd not seen for nearly 10 years and she's now a hot young 20 year old who is actually not technically even related to me - is dads cousins step daughter!
/I'm flying out to visit her in 3 weeks or so
Technically, this is fine, morally, I'm still not convinced.
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It is very sad and worrying program. The way I see it is a disaster and the cultural practice of marrying first cousin is just 'rotten'. Woe to those early generation who were most probably illiterate on this issue especially the women.
I am pakistani but thank God I only lived in such community for a short period of time before my whole family moved out. We will never consider such practice. Hiding behind 'religious piety' coupled with family inbreeding is a recipe of doom
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I am pakistani but thank God I only lived in such community for a short period of time before my whole family moved out. We will never consider such practice. Hiding behind 'religious piety' coupled with family inbreeding is a recipe of doom
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Holy crap man, myself, my family and everyone I know must be in the 1% group, we SO need to play the lottery for beating such odds.
I suggest you disown whoever pulled this figure out from their bunghole.
What I have seen and heard from various conversations is that the bulk of these "cousin" based marriages are due to money or personality/looks issues or where the families in question are too closed or are too poor to be able to appeal to an outside family who are looking for a suitable suitor for their son or daughter.
Sensible modern day Asian parents are extremely picky on who their kids decide to marry, they go beyond just finding out about the partner in question if their child brings someone home one day for example they gather what they call "bio data" where they do a complete (or as complete as possible) historical check on his or her family from medical to financial and education, they should not be related by blood and they must have the the assets (if male) to be able to support their daughter.
It's like a modern version of how you see marriages kick off in movies set in the pre-industrial revolution times where boy x and girl y meet at function z and both families then spend ages checking each other out (...so to speak) and then arranging all the big days.
The term "arranged" is so misinterpreted (with no thanks to bad media) that people instantly think of it as 2 people being forced into marriage to whoever their family wants them to marry and that certainly isn't the case to anyone I personally know in this country or any of the other 3 that my close friends family span!
Sure you do hear about it but that doesn't mean it happens to everyone.
There's nothing in religion that says you have to marry your cousin either, it's just people being dim.
Spot on.
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I'm hardly going over there to propose to the girl - just a visit to a city I've not seen in well over 15 years and she's got a flat with free rooms
Having her around for the weekend is a bonus rather than the main purpose of the visit
i have some hot cousins and would never ever do, nice to look at though if nothign else at family meets.
plenty of women in the world why would you want go out with a cousin
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i have some hot cousins and would never ever do, nice to look at though if nothign else at family meets.
what a liar!!!!!!! if they grabbed your knob and said how about it you would.you can say you wouldnt but no one here is going to believe you.lol.weve all done it aint we? aint we?????????
You're Muslim Bob?
*Feels slightly bad for yelling "khaaan get on my jihad Jeep" in bc2 now >.<*
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well have'nt we? or is it just me?
Hah I didn't even notice, even if I did I wouldn't have cared, more cackled and yelled at the enemy while firing my holy Carl Gustav into the air
Depends on your age though again surely. In school for example when you're 14 you'd **** anything that has some boobs!
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'your mums your dad, your dads your mum...'
something something yarkshire something.
oops i thought i was at the cricket.
something something yarkshire something.
oops i thought i was at the cricket.