The thread title is deliberately somewhat provocative but I'd appreciate it if this thread doesn't degenerate immediately into exchanges of insults by the usual suspects. A reasoned debate perhaps?
A new law recently approved by the Iraqi cabinet would permit the marriage of nine-year-old girls. The law now passes to the Iraqi parliament for review.
The legislation, based on Shiite Islamic jurisprudence, is referred to as the "Ja’afari Law", and describes girls as reaching puberty at age nine, thus making them fit for marriage. The legislation allows a husband’s right to insist on sexual intercourse with his wife whenever he wishes, and makes the father sole guardian of his children at age two.
The legislation was originally proposed by justice minister Hassan al-Shimari, a member of the Shiite Fadila party, and approved by the cabinet on February 25 and is basically the same law that was proposed during the US occupation, in 2003.
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A new law recently approved by the Iraqi cabinet would permit the marriage of nine-year-old girls. The law now passes to the Iraqi parliament for review.
The legislation, based on Shiite Islamic jurisprudence, is referred to as the "Ja’afari Law", and describes girls as reaching puberty at age nine, thus making them fit for marriage. The legislation allows a husband’s right to insist on sexual intercourse with his wife whenever he wishes, and makes the father sole guardian of his children at age two.
The legislation was originally proposed by justice minister Hassan al-Shimari, a member of the Shiite Fadila party, and approved by the cabinet on February 25 and is basically the same law that was proposed during the US occupation, in 2003.
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http://ift.tt/1kjBy6f
http://ift.tt/1glGwi0
http://ift.tt/1glGuXo
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