"It has the second highest per capita gross domestic product in the world and the third largest proven reserves of natural gas. But it also ranks high in some less enviable categories, having among the greatest prevalence of obesity, diabets, and genetic disorders in the world, according to international and local health experts [editor's note-shocking that the rate of genetic disorders is higher than within Pakistani communities]."
"Native Qataris, who number only about 250,000 in a nation of 1.6 million, are suffering serious health problems that relate directly to a privileged lifestyle paid for with the nation’s oil wealth, as well as a determination to hold onto social traditions, like having young people marry their cousins."
"While embracing modern conveniences, however, Qataris have also struggled to protect their cultural identity from the forces of globalization. For many here, that has included continuing the practice of marrying within families, even when it predictably produces genetic disorders, like blindness and various mental disabilities."
“It’s really hard to break traditions,” said Dr. Hatem El-Shanti, a pediatrician and clinical geneticist who runs a genetics testing center in Doha, the capital. “It’s a tradition carried from one generation to the next.”
Do you get that part of it? They have a tradition of making mentally retarded and disabled babies ON PURPOSE not by accident or genetic misfortune, or for spontaneous, non-hereditary reasons.
What part of 'stop screwing and making babies with your first cousin' is impossible for these people to understand?
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