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2024-08-09 06:58:07 UTC - HELPFUL
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This image shows a girl in a Quran recital competition, not a marriage. https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/girl-forced-child-marriage-meme/ Amendments to Iraqi Law No. 188, the Personal Status Law of 1959, have been proposed, but have not yet passed, opening the door for girls as young as 9 years old to legally marry. https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20240808-fears-for-women-s-rights-as-iraqi-bill-resurfaces https://www.msn.com/en-us/finance/-top-stories/iraqs-new-barbaric-bill-will-lower-marriage-age-for-girls-to--legalising-pedophilia-report/ar-AA1otTo6?ocid=sapphireappshare https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/in-iraq-a-law-that-can-legalize-pedophilia-is-on-the-table/ar-AA1ofMfs?ocid=sapphireappshare
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