A controversial proposed age of consent law would allow old men in Iraq to marry children as young as nine years old, and "legalize child rape" activists claim.
Ultra-conservative Shia Muslim parties have launched a bid to pass a new law that would slash the existing age of consent in the nation in half from the existing limit of 18. The changes, proposed by the dominant Shia parties in Parliament.
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