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Mother-Daughter Arrested for Incest After Marriage

Police in Oklahoma say a mother has married not one, but two of her biological children. On Wednesday, the mother and her daughter were arrested for incest, reports NBC4i. 43-year-old Patricia Ann Spann and Misty Velvet Dawn Spann, 25, married earlier this year,

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Turkish Islamic Officials Correct Fatwa Allowing Fathers to Lust After Daughters

Turkey has an official directorate in charge of interpreting Islamic law, popularly known as the Diyanet. It has a website where people ask questions about various aspects of Islamic law. The website recently stirred up controversy by issuing a fatwa, or religious ruling, which asserted that fathers having lustful feelings toward their own daughters are not necessarily violating religious law, provided the girl is over nine years of age.

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‘Cosmo’ Praises Incest

In an article celebrating the incestuous relationship of a brother and sister who met for the first time as adults, Cosmopolitan magazine defies “the last taboo” and argues that, by virtue of shared genetics, a brother and sister coupling creates a “perfect storm” that others might be missing out on.

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