1  # Inbreeding in Islam
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 5  ## Saudi Arabia Awakes to the Perils of Inbreeding
 6  - https://archive.is/AVUs6
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 8  In the Arab world, 40 to 50% of all marriages are inbred. In Egypt, 40% of the marriages are to a first cousin. In Saudi Arabia, 2/3 of the people who marry; marry a close relative. 55% of British Pakistani refugees are married to their 1st cousins.
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10  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.
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13  ## Islam & Inbreeding By Bill Warner, Ph D
14   - https://archive.org/details/2017JUN22_Islam_Inbreeding_Bill_Warner_PhD
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16  In the Arab world, 40 to 50% of all marriages are inbred.
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18  In Egypt, 40% of the marriages are to a first cousin.
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20  In Saudi Arabia, 2/3 of the people who marry; marry a close relative. And in Britain, the Pakistani refuges, 55% of their marriages are to first cousins.
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22  Now, the result of inbreeding is genetic damage, you get increased diseases, mental retardation, and lower intelligence.
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25  ## Prevalence of Consanguineous Marriage among Saudi Citizens of Albaha, a Cross-Sectional Study - PMC
26   - https://archive.is/y9ia5
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28  Saudi citizens in Albaha who were aged ≥ 18 years and willing to participate were eligible for the study. A total of 1010 participants were included in this study. In total, 757 participants were married, widowed, or divorced. CM partnerships comprised 40% (_N_ = 302) of the marriages among participants, of which first- and second-cousin marriages comprised 72% and 28%, respectively. The prevalence of CM among the participants’ parents was lower than that among the participants (31% versus 40%, respectively).
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31  ## Muslim Inbreeding: Impacts on Intelligence, Sanity, Health and Society - American Renaissance
32  - https://archive.is/OyCpA
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34  Statistical research on Arabic countries shows that up to 34 percent of all marriages in Algiers are consanguine (blood related), 46 percent in Bahrain, 33 percent in Egypt, 80 percent in Nubia (southern area in Egypt), 60 percent in Iraq, 64 percent in Jordan, 64 percent in Kuwait, 42 percent in Lebanon, 48 percent in Libya, 47 percent in Mauritania, 54 percent in Qatar, 67 percent in Saudi Arabia, 63 percent in Sudan, 40 percent in Syria, 39 percent in Tunisia, 54 percent in the United Arabic Emirates and 45 percent in Yemen (Reproductive Health Journal, 2009 Consanguinity and reproductive health among Arabs.).