Sharia law, which influences much of Iraq’s legal system, permits child marriage under certain conditions, often tied to the ...

Efforts to end child marriage in Iraq are facing a serious threat, with the Iraqi Council of Representatives’ approval of amendments to Iraq’s Personal Status Law raising grave concerns that it risks ...

BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraq’s top court suspended implementation Tuesday of three controversial bills passed last month by the ...

On January 21, 2025, the Iraqi Parliament ... allowing for the marriage of girls at the age of 15 years. The amended law has the effect of lowering this threshold with traditional Islamic ...

defend them as a means to align the law with Islamic principles and reduce Western influence on Iraqi culture. Earlier versions of the text were seen as potentially opening the door to child marriage ...

Reducing Western influence on Iraqi culture was also cited as a reason ... “Not only does child marriage deprive girls of their education, but married girls are more vulnerable to sexual ...

The Iraqi parliament has passed an amendment ... principles and reduce Western influence on Iraqi culture. The development comes even as child marriage remains a longstanding issue in Iraq ...

At 96, Bhimavva Doddabalappa Shillekyathar, the famed puppeteer from Koppal district, has been honoured with the prestigious ...

Members of the Bowdoin family are among the few relatives of a mass shooter to ever talk openly about their experience.

He’s allying with a movement that stretches to Hungary and Poland — one that looks with skepticism not just on trans rights ...

Interview. Bishop Anders Arborelius, Sweden’s first cardinal, discusses the Catholic Church’s surprising growth in a ...