@hbdchick @YeyoZa @Paradigmian Is there something specific in Islamic scripture that promotes marrying your father's brother's daughter?
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@christopherburd no, not at all. but mohammed did marry one of his father's sister's daughters....@YeyoZa@Paradigmian -
@christopherburd ...and he *is* the guy to emulate, if you're a muslim.@YeyoZa@Paradigmian
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@Paradigmian@hbdchick@YeyoZa Do non-Muslim pastoral peoples provide a control here? -
@christopherburd ...in other areas (thinking of central asia), pastoralists also favor cousin marriage, but mbd.@Paradigmian@YeyoZa -
@hbdchick@christopherburd@YeyoZa Off-topic, I just read the Yezidis don't throw hot water on the ground bc of underground spirits... -
@hbdchick@christopherburd@YeyoZa ...same thing in Sweden until at least early 1900s. Or at least you'd give the trolls a heads up. -
@Paradigmian makes sense! =P@christopherburd@YeyoZa
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@hbdchick@YeyoZa@Paradigmian What does religion overlap with?http://www.unz.com/jman/the-atheist-narrative/ … -
@JayMan471 yes. the true, true, true overlap is w/genetics, of course! (^_^) arabization wuz the selection pressure.@YeyoZa@Paradigmian
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