another reason arab/muslims are backward

Submitted by Rosa France (United States), Dec 13, 2010 at 23:39

I recently read a report on the amount of first cousin marriages in heavily dominate muslim nations - the amount of birth defects and low-iq children being born in these couples is heartbreaking. There is a REASON civilized countries prohibit 1st cousins from marrying. England is paying a high price in 'dole' benefits to a large number of these immigrant couples to help raise their handicapped children. Everyone has probably heard a joke or two about the British Royal Family;s inter-family marriages, and the inevitable brain drain. It is even worse in Muslim dominated areas, where they do not want the family's funds to leave the family. Wait long enough, and they will wipe themselves out with this imbecilic custom.

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