Incest Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! ===Islamic=== {{main|Mahram}} The [[Quran]] gives specific rules regarding incest, which prohibit a man from marrying or having sexual relationships with: * his father's wife<ref>{{qref|4|22|c=y}}</ref> (his mother,<ref name="qref 4:23">{{qref|4|23|c=y}}</ref> or stepmother,<ref name="qref 4:23" /> his mother-in-law, a woman from whom he has nursed, even the children of this woman);<ref name="qref 4:23" /> * either parent's sister (aunt);<ref name="qref 4:23" /> * his sister, his half sister, a woman who has nursed from the same woman as he, his sister-in-law (wife's sister) while still married. Half relations are as sacred as full relations;<ref name="qref 4:23" /> * his niece (child of sibling);<ref name="qref 4:23" /> * his daughter, his stepdaughter (if the marriage to her mother was [[consummation|consummated]]), his daughter-in-law.<ref name="qref 4:23" /> Cousin marriage finds support in Islamic scriptures and is [[Cousin marriage in the Middle East|widespread in the Middle East]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Inhorn |first1=Marcia C. |first2=Wendy |last2=Chavkin |first3=JosΓ©-Alberto |last3=Navarro |date=2014 |title=Globalized Fatherhood |location=New York City |publisher=Berghahn Books |page=245 |isbn=9781782384380 }}</ref> Although Islam allows cousin marriage, there are [[hadith]]s attributed to Muhammad calling for distance from the marriage of relatives. However, Muslim scholars generally consider these hadiths unreliable.<ref>{{cite web|author1=Shaykh Faraz A. Khan|title=Did the Prophet (Peace Be Upon Him) Discourage Marrying Cousins? β SeekersHub Answers|url=http://seekershub.org/ans-blog/2011/10/07/did-the-prophet-peace-be-upon-him-discourage-marrying-cousins/|website=SeekersHub Answers|access-date=12 August 2017|date=7 October 2011|archive-date=2 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190502215209/http://seekershub.org/ans-blog/2011/10/07/did-the-prophet-peace-be-upon-him-discourage-marrying-cousins/|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|author1=Saleem Ahmed, Ph.D|title=Cousin Marriage Among Muslims|url=http://muslimcouncilofamerica.org/cousin-marriage-among-muslims/|website=Muslim Council of America Foundation|access-date=12 August 2017|archive-date=12 August 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170812173119/http://muslimcouncilofamerica.org/cousin-marriage-among-muslims/|url-status=dead}}</ref> Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page