Editing Arabs (section)

=== Wedding and marriage ===
{{main|Arabic wedding}}
[[File:Tatouage_au_Henné,_Maroc.jpg|thumb|[[Henna]] tattoo in [[Morocco]]]]
[[Arabic wedding]]s have changed greatly in the past 100 years. Original traditional Arabic weddings are supposed to be very similar to modern-day [[Bedouin]] weddings and rural weddings, and they are in some cases unique from one region to another, even within the same country. The practice of [[Marriage|marrying]] of relatives is a common feature of [[Arab culture]].<ref>{{Cite book|last=Jehad|first=Al-Omari|title=Understanding the Arab culture : a practical cross-cultural guide to working in the Arab world|date=2008|publisher=How To Books|isbn=978-1848036468|oclc=408662262}}</ref>

In the Arab world today between 40% and 50% of all marriages are [[consanguineous]] or between close family members, though these figures may vary among Arab nations.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Middle East Health Magazine|url=http://www.middleeasthealthmag.com/cgi-bin/index.cgi?http://www.middleeasthealthmag.com/may2012/feature2.htm|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171010101037/http://www.middleeasthealthmag.com/cgi-bin/index.cgi?http%3A%2F%2Fwww.middleeasthealthmag.com%2Fmay2012%2Ffeature2.htm|archive-date=10 October 2017|access-date=18 December 2017|website=Middleeasthealthmag.com}}</ref><ref name="pmid242942992">{{Cite journal|vauthors=Bener A, Dafeeah EE, Samson N|year=2012|title=Does consanguinity increase the risk of schizophrenia? Study based on primary health care centre visits|journal=Ment Health Fam Med|volume=9|issue=4|pages=241–8|pmc=3721918|pmid=24294299}}</ref> In [[Egypt]], around 40% of the population [[Cousin marriage|marry a cousin]]. A 1992 survey in [[Jordan]] found that 32% were married to a first cousin; a further 17.3% were married to more distant relatives.<ref>[https://www.economist.com/news/middle-east-and-africa/21693632-marriage-between-close-relatives-much-too-common-keeping-it-family Consanguineous marriage: Keeping it in the family]. ''Economist'', 27 February 2016</ref> 67% of marriages in [[Saudi Arabia]] are between close relatives as are 54% of all marriages in [[Kuwait]], whereas 18% of all [[Lebanon|Lebanese]] were between [[blood relatives]].<ref name="Inbreeding2">{{Cite web|title=Inbreeding|url=http://www.as.wvu.edu/~kgarbutt/QuantGen/Gen535Papers2/Inbreeding.htm|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171220105324/http://www.as.wvu.edu/~kgarbutt/QuantGen/Gen535Papers2/Inbreeding.htm|archive-date=20 December 2017|access-date=18 December 2017|website=As.wvu.edu}}</ref> Due to the actions of [[Muhammad]] and the [[Rightly Guided Caliphs]], marriage between cousins is explicitly allowed in [[Islam]] and the [[Quran]] itself does not discourage or forbid the practice.<ref>[[Surah|Surah chapter]] 4, verse 23</ref> Nevertheless, opinions vary on whether the [[phenomenon]] should be seen as exclusively based on Islamic practices as a 1992 study among Arabs in Jordan did not show significant differences between [[Arab Christians|Christian Arabs]] or [[Arab Muslims|Muslim Arabs]] when comparing the occurrence of [[consanguinity]].<ref name="Inbreeding2" />