Cousin-marriage claims linking immigration to rape lack evidentiary support

Evidence

Amidst the tribal figures and irrational Muslims, it is difficult to establish the truth value of the arguments in Human Visas. While the marriage patterns are indisputable – Muslim migrants do marry others from within their culture and approximately half of such marriages are contracted with people outside Europe – the meaning of these practices remains contentious and almost certainly various. It is of course not at all surprising that family reunification might be a compelling reason for migrant communities to contract marriages outside of Europe. Many parts of the non-West currently exist in economic and political peril, and rich countries have by and large closed their doors. Cousin marriage where one party lives outside Europe solves two problems at once: the ‘problem’ of controlling girls’ and women’s sexuality and the problem of migration. — Sherene Razack, Casting Out, 267 (#complicates, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Cousin marriage is claimed to prevent integration and create an underclass — Sherene Razack, Casting Out: The Eviction of Muslims…, 264; Anti-immigration rhetoric treats arranged marriage within one’s own ethnic group as proof of coercion — Sherene Razack, Casting Out: The Eviction of Muslims…, 261; Suspicion of Muslims is based on association rather than evidence (+8 more)

Broader Connections

• Cousin marriage among migrants doubles as reproduction control and migration strategy #complicates (0.70) — Sherene Razack, Casting Out, 267