Cousin Marriages - would you take the risk?

[Deeba1234]

Re: Cousin Marriages - would you take the risk?

@bebo

I am by no means a scholar on Islamic rulings nor did I google about it. But as far as I know prophet got his own daughter married to her second cousin Ali, while there were many proposals for her from outsiders. I think its reasonable to conclude that Islam does not have a prefrence either way.

Even if u take that opinion, what bebo mentioned about it being ok ‘on a massive scale’ (ie down several generations) is not correct, esp the way it is often practised by UK Mirpuris (a lot of their families won’t even allow marriage outside the family, how twisted is that) is a total distortion of the Islamic guidelines..

I’ve got nothing against cousin marriage now and again if the couple themselves want it but like the OP am so fed up of seeing ignorant parents and families who have already being doing it generation after generation and seen the results in the higher level of ‘problems’ but then still insist their children must do the same..