FACT CHECK · RELIGION
Claim: Iraq's Jaafari law allows child marriage
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Iraq's parliament amended the personal status law to let clerics rule on marriage. Critics warn the Jaafari reading allows girls as young as 9. The old law set 18 as the minimum in most cases.
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