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Jaafari Personal Status Law

The Countdown to the Jaafari Law Decision


Posted by eren on 23 Apr 2014 / 1 Comment
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On April 30th the Jaafari Personal Status Law will be voted on in the Iraqi Parliament. The Jaafari Law, as it’s being referred to, has been controversial because it would enable Shia men to marry girls as young as 9 years old. Whereas the legal age for marriage in Iraq is 18 years of age, […]

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