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2024-11-12 11:37:49 UTC - NOT_HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: 19BBBAD07729CF9632AF5E948C2C3911B3941EC0308C714F109D03B978A7B617
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Iraq's legal age of consent remains 18. A proposed law to lower it to nine has not been enacted. Interpretations of Sharia law vary; many contemporary scholars advocate for higher marriage ages. https://apnews.com/article/iraq-child-marriage-shiite-clerics-parliament-amendment-ed4b3d3bc5d8cf25f46e23fb6ed09d91 https://time.com/7011752/proposed-bill-amendment-iraq-could-allow-girls-as-young-as-nine-to-marry/
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