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To: A_Former_Democrat

No. Just the opposite. And Muslims in England and the U.S. often send their children back to their home countries to marry their cousins and bring them back here.

First cousins on the male side are preferred. It was intended to keep tribes together.


7 posted on 12/30/2010 12:55:07 PM PST by Cicero (Marcus Tullius)
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To: Cicero
First cousins on the male side are preferred. It was intended to keep tribes together.

It's also related to the Islamic practice of mahr (bride-price), where the husband is supposed to pay a dowry to get his wife. If he marries his first cousin on his father's side, the money stays within the family.

You're also right about tribal cohesion. A wife from another tribe might produce divided loyalty in her kids.

19 posted on 12/30/2010 1:18:46 PM PST by PapaBear3625 ("It is only when we've lost everything, that we are free to do anything" -- Fight Club)
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To: Cicero

As it points out, Muslims in the UK have about half the rate as in their mother country—which is about equivalent to Christan Arabs (half that of corresponding Muslim Arabs).


21 posted on 12/30/2010 1:20:14 PM PST by Gondring (Paul Revere would have been flamed as a naysayer troll and told to go back to Boston.)
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