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A new law recently approved by the Iraqi cabinet would permit the marriage of nine-year-old girls.
Based on Shi'ite Islamic jurisprudence, the new legislation also asserts 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.
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About two dozen Iraqi women demonstrated on Saturday in Baghdad against a draft law approved by the Iraqi cabinet that would permit the marriage of nine-year-old girls and automatically give child custody to fathers.
The group's protest was on International Women's Day and a week after the cabinet voted for the legislation, based on Shi'ite Islamic jurisprudence, allowing clergy to preside over marriages, divorces and inheritances. The draft now goes to parliament.
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http://ca.reuters.com/article/topNew...nnel=0&sp=true
I really hope that the Iraqi Parliament doesn't let this go through.