Iraqi women around the world are protesting against Jafari's discriminatory Sharia law, which is blatant discrimination against women in that country.

 

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Iraqi women around the world are protesting against Jafari's discriminatory Sharia law, which is blatant discrimination against women in that country.

Iraqi women demonstrate against the Jaafari Sharia law that permits child marriage.

More than twenty Iraqi women demonstrated in Baghdad against the draft Jaafari Personal Status Law approved by the Iraqi Council of Ministers. The law allows girls to marry as young as nine, with custody automatically given to the father. The group demonstrated on International Women's Day (Saturday), a week after the Council of Ministers voted in favor of the legislation. The law is based on Shia Islamic jurisprudence, which gives clerics the right to control marriage, inheritance, and divorce. The draft law also disregards the right of a husband to have sex with his wife whenever he wants. The law has since passed parliament.

Chants rose on International Women's Day under the slogan "Iraqi women in mourning."

Civil activist Hanaa Edwar said, "We believe this law is a crime against humanity, and it will deprive Iraqi girls of a normal childhood."

UN Special Representative Nickolay Mladenov condemned the legislation, writing on Twitter that the draft law constitutes a constitutional threat to women's protection and international commitments.

Since the overthrow of Saddam Hussein in 2003, the legislation has tended to create and deepen divisions. Shia Islamist groups have taken control of the government and are attempting to impose their religious values ​​on society as a whole. It stipulates that girls are eligible for marriage at the age of nine and makes fathers the sole guardian of their children when they reach the age of two. The legislation is referred to as the Jaafari Law, named after the sixth Shia Imam, Ja'far al-Sadiq, who founded his own school of jurisprudence.

The draft law was drafted by Justice Minister Hassan al-Shammari, a member of the Shia Islamist Fadhila Party, and was approved by the Prime Minister on February 25. The draft law must be reviewed by Parliament, but it could pose a significant problem and generate opposition from secular circles, coinciding with the national elections scheduled for April 30. Shiite religious parties first attempted to pass a version of the law when Iraq was under US occupation in 2003, sparking anger and protests from secular Iraqis. Since then, amid the turmoil in Iraq, a war has erupted between secularists and Islamists.

Iraq's current personal status law enshrines women's rights related to marriage, inheritance, and child custody and is often considered the most progressive in the Middle East.

Advocates of the proposed new law argue that the current personal status law violates Islamic law, which is the essence of freedom, according to the Iraqi constitution.

Hussein al-Marabi, a Shiite MP and leader of the Fadhila Party, said, "Every component of the Iraqi people has the right to regulate their personal status in accordance with the teachings of their religion and sect."