Editing Hindu–Islamic relations (section)

====Consanguineous marriage====
[[Consanguine marriage|Consanguineous marriages]] are those where the bride and groom share a grandparent or near ancestor.<ref>Joseph, S. E. (2007), Kissing Cousins, Current Anthropology, 48(5), pages 756–764</ref> Islam prohibits marriage due to consanguinity with ancestors, descendants, siblings, siblings of ancestors and descendants of siblings.<ref>{{cite book|last=Ghamidi|first=Javed Ahmad|title=Mizan: A Comprehensive Introduction to Islam|publisher=Al-Mawrid|location=Lahore|author-link=Javed Ahmad Ghamidi|language=en}}</ref> However, marriage with first-cousins (3rd degree consanguinity) and farther removed consanguineous relatives is allowed. Hinduism forbids consanguineous marriage of [[parallel cousins]], and strongly recommends seven degrees of biological separation between bride and groom.<ref>{{cite book | last=Bittles | first=A. H. | title=Consanguinity in context | publisher=Cambridge University Press | year=2012 | isbn=978-0-521-78186-2}}</ref> However, for many communities in [[South India]], especially in [[Karnataka]], [[Tamil Nadu]], [[Telangana]] and [[Andhra Pradesh]], it is common for Hindu [[Parallel and cross cousins|cross cousins]] to marry, with [[matrilateral]] cross cousin (mother's brother's daughter) marriages being especially favored. In the region, "[[Avunculate marriage|uncle-niece]] and first-cousin unions are preferential and jointly account for some 30% of marriages." These practices are particularly followed in landed communities such as the [[Vellalar]]s, who wish to keep wealth within the family. Also, unlike North India, this practice is also common in Brahmins in the region. Arranged endogamous consanguineous marriages are common in Pakistan for economic, religious and cultural reasons.<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Zahid|first1=Muhammad|last2=Bittles|first2=Alan H.|last3=Sthanadar|first3=Aftab Alam|date=September 2014|journal=Journal of Biosocial Science|volume=46|issue=5|pages=698–701|doi=10.1017/S0021932013000552|issn=1469-7599|title=Civil Unrest and the Current Profile of Consanguineous Marriage in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province, Pakistan|s2cid=72915638|url=http://researchrepository.murdoch.edu.au/id/eprint/23289/}}</ref>