Islam does not tell you to do this. It's the cultural practises of specific kinship networks in the UK, especially from Mirpur. And the practise is also currently on the decline.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Pakistanis#Consanguine...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Mirpuris#Endogamy_and_...

The irony is, of course, that this law is being proposed while the NHS has been advised (by a quango, not the government) to stop discouraging cousin-marriage: https://www.thetimes.com/uk/healthcare/article/first-cousin-... -- the NHS is not required to accept this advice, and indeed the links above show that cosanguinity is decreasing, partly because of public health initiatives telling people what the harms are!

This is the Lords to coming up with stuff to justify the OSA and further tighten the screws on the internet. It's open season. What it will result in is all porn being watched via VPN, and us turning into Russia/China, where the State bans any source of information outwith its absolute control.

Amendment 297: "Pornographic images of sex between relatives"

Amendment 298: "Pornographic content: online harmful content"

Amendment 299: "Amendment of possession of extreme pornographic images provision to cover incest"

Amendment 300: "Pornographic content: duty to verify age"

https://bills.parliament.uk/publications/65033/documents/790...

Who moved these amendments?

BARONESS LEVITT: principal legal advisor to the director of public prosecutions from 2009 to 2014, working under Keir Starmer

BARONESS BERTIN: commissioned by the Government to lead an independent review into the regulation of online pornography

BARONESS KIDRON: an advocate for children's rights in the digital world

BARONESS BENJAMIN: WTF it's Floella Benjamin from my childhood. So this is what she's doing nowadays?