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Title: Iraqi Cabinet Approves Legalizing Marriage For 9-Year-Old Girls Post by: Tender Branson on March 13, 2014, 10:04:00 AM Iraq's Council of Ministers have approved a new draft law that would restrict women's rights in matters of inheritance and parental and other rights after divorce, make it easier for men to take multiple wives, and allow girls to be married from age nine.
The new Personal Status Law, which received the Cabinet's nod on February 25, must now be approved by the parliament to become law. Human Rights Watch called on the Iraqi Government to withdraw the pending legislation and ensure that Iraq's legal framework protects women and girls in line with its international obligations. The draft law, called the Jaafari Personal Status Law, is based on the principles of the Jaafari school of Shia religious jurisprudence, founded by Imam Jaafar al-Sadiq, the sixth Shia imam. http://www.rttnews.com/2284775/iraqi-cabinet-approves-legalizing-marriage-for-9-year-old-girls.aspx Title: Re: Iraqi Cabinet Approves Legalizing Marriage For 9-Year-Old Girls Post by: Tender Branson on March 13, 2014, 10:04:49 AM Horrible law ...
Title: Re: Iraqi Cabinet Approves Legalizing Marriage For 9-Year-Old Girls Post by: Zanas on March 13, 2014, 10:16:33 AM Why not 9-year-old boys ? The sexual discrimination in Iraq is disgusting !
Title: Re: Iraqi Cabinet Approves Legalizing Marriage For 9-Year-Old Girls Post by: Cory on March 13, 2014, 12:42:22 PM When will they grow up.
Title: Re: Iraqi Cabinet Approves Legalizing Marriage For 9-Year-Old Girls Post by: Zioneer on March 13, 2014, 04:43:13 PM Seriously, Iraq? Why would you feel the need to do this?
Title: Re: Iraqi Cabinet Approves Legalizing Marriage For 9-Year-Old Girls Post by: Cassius on March 13, 2014, 05:21:38 PM If only we could go back to the days when Iraq was more fiscally than socially conservative (ie, when Saddam was in power).
Failed attempt at humour Title: Re: Iraqi Cabinet Approves Legalizing Marriage For 9-Year-Old Girls Post by: NewYorkExpress on March 13, 2014, 05:26:17 PM What else do you expect from a country that borders Saudi Arabia?
Title: Re: Iraqi Cabinet Approves Legalizing Marriage For 9-Year-Old Girls Post by: MaxQue on March 13, 2014, 06:25:37 PM Do USA still funds them?
Title: Re: Iraqi Cabinet Approves Legalizing Marriage For 9-Year-Old Girls Post by: Snowstalker Mk. II on March 13, 2014, 06:40:40 PM Mission accomplished.
Title: Re: Iraqi Cabinet Approves Legalizing Marriage For 9-Year-Old Girls Post by: retromike22 on March 13, 2014, 07:46:22 PM Oh democracy...
Title: Re: Iraqi Cabinet Approves Legalizing Marriage For 9-Year-Old Girls Post by: PiMp DaDdy FitzGerald on March 13, 2014, 08:40:16 PM If only we could go back to the days when Iraq was more fiscally than socially conservative (ie, when Saddam was in power). Failed attempt at humour Title: Re: Iraqi Cabinet Approves Legalizing Marriage For 9-Year-Old Girls Post by: Tetro Kornbluth on March 13, 2014, 09:56:58 PM Reminder:
The campaign to keep the age of consent at ten (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Age_of_Consent_Act,_1891) was one of the sparks of the Nationalist movement in India. Title: Re: Iraqi Cabinet Approves Legalizing Marriage For 9-Year-Old Girls Post by: justfollowingtheelections on March 17, 2014, 01:26:04 PM Disgusting
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