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2024-11-14 12:36:45 UTC - HELPFUL
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Although the specific case mentioned in this post is an urban myth, there is religious resistance to setting the minimum age for marriage at 18, and support for marrying girls as young as 9; https://www.ohchr.org/sites/default/files/Documents/Issues/Women/WRGS/ForcedMarriage/NGO/Musawah.pdf https://www.telegraph.co.uk/global-health/women-and-girls/iraq-poised-to-lower-the-age-of-consent-for-girls-to-nine/
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