There IS a bright spot in an otherwise depressing article. Here they appear to be breeding themselves out of effective existence: “In some families in my street,” he writes to me, “the grandparents, parents, and the children are all first cousins—it’s been going on for generations and so the effects of the inbreeding are quite pronounced by now.” By his estimate and others, a minority of no more than 11 percent is responsible for more than 70 percent of the birth defects in Yorkshire. When a leading socialist member of Parliament drew attention to this appalling state of affairs, she was promptly accused of, you can guess...Islamophobia
Actually, Arabs have been marrying their paternal first cousins for more than 1500 years, even before they became Muslims. And the custom has spread where Muslims have conquered, as in Pakistan.
There was an article posted here a month or two ago on this custom. One effect certainly is inbreeding. Another is the reinforcement of tribalism.
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