First Cousin Marriages among Muslim Countries..!!...And here’s the part that makes it even more staggering: 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐞 𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭-𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐧 𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐧’𝐭 𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐲 𝐌𝐮𝐬𝐥𝐢𝐦 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬 — 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲’𝐫𝐞 𝐧𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐳𝐞𝐝. In some places, it’s considered preferred. In others, it’s pushed as a way to “keep wealth in the family.” But the biological cost is massive, generational, and measurable. ⁠ ⁠⁠ ⁠⁠ ⁠

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𝐏𝐚𝐤𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧 — 𝟔𝟓% — 𝐈𝐐 ~𝟖𝟏

𝐒𝐚𝐮𝐝𝐢 𝐀𝐫𝐚𝐛𝐢𝐚 — 𝟓𝟖% — 𝐈𝐐 ~𝟕𝟔

𝐔𝐀𝐄 — 𝟓𝟒% — 𝐈𝐐 ~𝟖𝟐

𝐈𝐫𝐚𝐧 — 𝟒𝟎% — 𝐈𝐐 ~𝟖𝟎

𝐘𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧 — 𝟒𝟓% — 𝐈𝐐 ~𝟔𝟑

𝐐𝐚𝐭𝐚𝐫 — 𝟑𝟎% — 𝐈𝐐 ~𝟖𝟏

𝐎𝐦𝐚𝐧 — 𝟑𝟔% — 𝐈𝐐 ~𝟕𝟗

𝐒𝐲𝐫𝐢𝐚 — 𝟑𝟗% — 𝐈𝐐 ~𝟕𝟒

𝐓𝐮𝐫𝐤𝐞𝐲 — 𝟐𝟓% — 𝐈𝐐 ~𝟖𝟕

𝐉𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐚𝐧 — 𝟑𝟐% — 𝐈𝐐 ~𝟖𝟎

𝐄𝐠𝐲𝐩𝐭 — 𝟑𝟐% — 𝐈𝐐 ~𝟕𝟔

𝐌𝐨𝐫𝐨𝐜𝐜𝐨 — 𝟐𝟔% — 𝐈𝐐 ~𝟔𝟕

𝐌𝐚𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐚 — 𝟒𝟑% — 𝐈𝐐 ~𝟔𝟎

𝐒𝐮𝐝𝐚𝐧 — 𝟑𝟎% — 𝐈𝐐 ~𝟕𝟗

𝐀𝐟𝐠𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧 — 𝟒𝟔% — 𝐈𝐐 ~𝟖𝟐

𝐀𝐥𝐠𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐚 — 𝟑𝟗% — 𝐈𝐐 ~𝟕𝟔

There’s no mystery here.

No conspiracy.

Just biology and math.

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𝐖𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐧𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐳𝐞 𝐢𝐧𝐛𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠, 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐠𝐞𝐭 𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐝𝐚𝐦𝐚𝐠𝐞.

𝐖𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐢𝐭, 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐠𝐞𝐭 𝐟𝐮𝐧𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐜𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐳𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬.

It’s not “hate.” It’s not “phobia.”

It’s the cold reality of what cousin-marriage norms do to nations over centuries.