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So what do we all think of this one, folks?
It seems that if this law is passed in Iraq, which is currently allegedly a secular state, it will allow the following:
1. 9 year old girls can be legally married
2. A child is the property of it's father over the age of two years, so fathers would automatically get custody following a divorce
3: A woman will never be allowed to refuse her husband sex, no matter what the circumstances
Who thinks this is the sort of thing we're also going to see in Afghanistan now, after Karzai caves in to the Taliban?
9 Answers
- Anonymous7 years agoFavorite Answer
I'm sure those things, and worse, are already happening in Afghanistan, as they are in most Islamist (note this is different to Muslim) states.
I applaud those dozen women who demonstrated in Baghdad against the draft law. How brave are they?
- mollyLv 77 years ago
Its just another piece of proof that we really didn't do a very good job when we invaded Iraq on the pretence of liberating them because they are worse off now than they ever were.
I bet they are wishing for the good old days of Saddam and that the rest of the world had stayed out of their country..
- DebLv 67 years ago
Oh dear, we do take our rights as women for granted. Hopefully it will not happen, poor little girls. Look at the fistula clinics in Ethiopia because of these tragic laws of early marriage.
- CecilLv 77 years ago
So let's see. A government is elected in a country that is secular and then goes about enforcing rules based upon religious belief and ideology. Wouldn't happen here.
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- tentofieldLv 77 years ago
We should just make sure that such appalling laws are never considered for Australia. We should also withdraw aid etc from Iraq if the law is passed.
- RamaLv 67 years ago
The way it goes, those angry women can very well re-incarnate to be angry Australian or angry American women in their next lives... and unfortunately nothing will change in this world! We just die again and be born again... and 'life'(?) goes on!
- Anonymous7 years ago
Oh dear! It show how sick religion is really is. People needs to be free from that religious law. It's for the sick sheep.
- Anonymous7 years ago
Well , thats "our" government - the one we invaded Iraq to have appointed