Sunday, June 5, 2011

It's time to confront this taboo: First cousin marriages in Muslim communities are putting hundreds of children at risk

Cruel: Many Muslims are forced to marry a cousin in order to keep wealth and assets within the familyUK - The man wept as he told how his beautiful, dark-eyed child died in a hospital cot with medical tubes snaking from his frail body as nurses fought unsuccessfully to save him. Sick with pneumonia, the two-year-old gave up the battle for life. A rare tragedy, you might think, in modern Britain

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