"Child marriage could become law in Iraq this week, but it’s a global scourge" - in #Independent

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By Gordon Brown, The Guardian When Iraqi voters go to the polls tomorrow they are likely to endorse parties that plan to legalise child marriage at nine years old. Based on Shia Islamic jurisprudence, what is called the...

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