for Allahu Akbar, and child rape called “arranged marriage.”
Posted on 10/02/2012 5:35:53 AM PDT by Cronos
When she was 17, marrying age for a Saudi girl, Salha al-Hefthi was presented with a husband.
She was lucky, her parents told her when they planned the wedding, that she was to marry such a good man, a man from her own tribe, a man who would care for their children and make a good living. He was the son of her father's brother -- her first cousin -- and everyone, including the bride, agreed that ''a first cousin was a first choice,'' she said.
The couple had two healthy boys, now 22 and 20, but their third child, a girl, was born with spinal muscular atrophy, a crippling and usually fatal disease that was carried in the genes of both parents. Their fourth, sixth and seventh children were also born with the disorder.
Spinal muscular atrophy and the gene that causes it, along with several other serious genetic disorders, are common in Saudi Arabia, where women have an average of six children and where in some regions more than half of the marriages are between close relatives.
..In some parts of Saudi Arabia, particularly in the south, where Mrs. Hefthi was raised, the rate of marriage among blood relatives ranges from 55 to 70 percent, among the highest rates in the world, according to the Saudi government.
..Widespread inbreeding in Saudi Arabia has produced several genetic disorders, Saudi public health officials said, including the blood diseases of thalassemia, a potentially fatal hemoglobin deficiency, and sickle cell anemia. Spinal muscular atrophy and diabetes are also common, especially in the regions with the longest traditions of marriage between relatives. Dr. Sakati said she had also found links between inbreeding and deafness and muteness.
(Excerpt) Read more at nytimes.com ...
According to Sennels, close to half of all Muslims in the world are inbred. In Pakistan, the numbers approach 70%. Even in England, more than half of Pakistani immigrants are married to their first cousins, and in Denmark the number of inbred Pakistani immigrants is around 40%.
The numbers are equally devastating in other important Muslim countries: 67% in Saudi Arabia, 64% in Jordan and Kuwait, 63% in Sudan, 60% in Iraq, and 54% in the United Arab Emirates and Qatar.
The risk of having an IQ lower than 70, the official demarcation for being classified as “retarded,” increases by an astonishing 400 percent among children of cousin marriages.
After only, what, 1400 years?
This explains a lot.
The risk of having an IQ lower than 70, the official demarcation for being classified as “retarded,” increases by an astonishing 400 percent among children of cousin marriages.
Well that makes for a steady supply of loyal Muslims.
They had better be careful. If they stop inbreeding, the percent of their population that will be receptive to radical Islam’s message will decrease proportionately.
A study should be made to see if hate can be an inbred disease.
Certain cultures seem to have an inordinate amount of it, is it possible that it is inbred in certain races and cultures?
“A first cousin was a first choice”...
Says it all right there.
Yeah RIGHT!
Do they have Dueling Banjos in Arabic?
for Allahu Akbar, and child rape called “arranged marriage.”
So the Wilkes were Saudis? That puts the whole book and movie on its head.
Dueling ouds, maybe.
The [unmatched in literary brilliance] commentator Mark Steyn has been talking about this phenomenon for years: girls marrying not just first cousins, but the male children of the father’s brother (as opposed to the male children of the mother’s brother). Such a marriage bond is connected to the principles of the Honor Culture: the girl bride must uphold the Honor of the Clan.
Correction: this issue has been also the focus of “Spengler”
Coincidence? I don't think so.
(Sources of the images are in the links.)
It ain't just Saudi Arabia dammit.. and until this practice is voided the 1400+ years of insanity will continue.
From an Internet source:
"If there are two things that characterize Islamic culture, they are terrorism and inbreeding. The latest research shows that these two things might be closely connected . . . First cousin marriages have been the tradition in many Muslim families for innumerable generations. Such marriages increase the risk of negative mental and physical consequences . . . Risk of mental retardation increases with 400 percent (Proceedings of the National Academy of Science, 1978 “Effect of inbreeding on IQ and mental retardation”). Research shows that the IQ is 10-16 points lower in children born from blood related parents and that abilities related to social behavior and empathy develops slower in inbred babies (Indian National Science Academy, 1983 “Consanguinity Effects on Intelligence Quotient and Neonatal Behaviours of nsari Muslim Children” [pdf]). Such facts might make several pieces fall into place for many people . . . People with low intelligence (because of inbreeding) might also be easier to brainwash with fundamentalist Islam. "
My emphasis.
.. more from same source
Danish psychologist Nicolai Sennels:
. . . close to ninety percent [of the suicide bombers were] suffering from severe illness such as blindness, cancer, missing limbs or leprosy. Many Muslim societies . . . have a low social acceptance of handicaps and severe illnesses . . . being physically handicapped or mentally retarded often leads to exclusion . . . and becoming a martyr might be the only chance of achieving social recognition and honour — if not just a way to end the pain of being socially isolated (which is especially traumatizing in collectivist cultures like Islam). Al Qaida’s use of people with Down’s syndrome might be another unpleasant side effect of the many chromosomal illnesses resulting from inbreeding between first cousins. People with low intelligence (because of inbreeding) might also be easier to brainwash with fundamentalist Islam.
Nice image, but the attribution to the author is missing.
In practice, the money goes to the bride's family to hold for her.
If she and the husband are first cousins, then grandpa takes the money out of one pocket, and sticks it into the other. Otherwise, if she is from another tribe, then real money has to change hands.
self-destruction....a fitting situation....
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