A number of psychologists have extensively studied into a little known problem in the Muslim world – the disastrous results of Muslim inbreeding brought about by the marriage of first cousins.  This  practice, which has been prohibited in the Judeo-Christian tradition since the days of Moses, was sanctioned by the Muslim religion and has been going on now for 50 generations (1,400 years) in the Muslim world.

This practice of inbreeding will never go away in the Muslim world since the religion is the ultimate example and authority on all matters, including marriage.  The massive inbreeding in Muslim culture may well have done virtually irreversible damage to the Muslim gene pool, including extensive damage to its intelligence, sanity, and health.  According to psychologists close to half of all Muslims in the world are inbred.  

In Pakistan, the numbers approach 70 percent.  Even in England, more than half of Pakistani immigrants are married to their first cousin.  In Denmark, the number of inbred Pakistani immigrants is around 40 percent.  The numbers are equally devastating in other Muslim countries:  67 percent in Saudi Arabia; 64 percent in Jordan and Kuwait; 63 percent in Sudan; 60 percent in Iraq; and 54 percent in the United Arab Emirates and Qatar.

Another devastating consequence of Muslim marriage patterns is lowered intellectual capacity. Research show that children from these marriages lose 10-16 points off their IQ and that social abilities develop much slower in inbred babies.  The risk of having an IQ lower than 70 which is the official demarcation for being classified as “retarded,” increases by 400 percent among children of cousins.  

The ability to enjoy and produce knowledge and abstract thinking is simply lower in the Islamic world.  It is pointed out that the Arab world translates just 330 books every year, about 20 percent of what Greece alone does.  In the last 1,200 years of Islam, just 100,000 books have been translated into Arabic, about what Spain does in a single year.  Seven out of 10 Turks have never even read a book.  Learning ability is severely affected as well.  Studies indicate that 64 percent of school children with Arabic parents are still illiterate after 10 years in the school system.  Mental illness is also a product.  The closer the blood relative, the higher the risk of schizophrenic illness.

There is no doubt that the wide-spread tradition of first cousin marriages among Muslims has harmed the gene pool.  Muslims’ religious beliefs prohibit marrying non-Muslims and thus prevents them from adding fresh genetic material to their population.  This has produced overwhelming direct and indirect human and societal consequences.  These stark realities must be taken into account when we establish public policies dealing with immigration from Muslim countries.

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