Iraqi lawmakers have passed amendments that give courts more authority in family matters, the Associated Press reported, and ...

The amendments give Islamic courts increased authority over family matters, including marriage, divorce, and inheritance.

For Shia Muslims, who make up a majority in the country, the lowest age of marriage for girls will be nine years old, while ...

Iraq witnessed a massive uproar after news broke out that the Parliament had passed a law that sought to lower minimum age ...

The amendments to Iraq's personal status law allow clerics to rule on marriages based on their interpretation of Islamic law.

IRAQ has effectively legalised child marriage, with girls as young as nine being able to marry after amendments to decades old laws. The change on Tuesday has increased the interpretation of ...

A law that passed this week in Iraq that opponents have said effectively allows men to marry girls as young as 9 years old ...

A law has been passed in Iraq which has legalised the marriage of children as young as nine. Three controversial laws have ...

Family matters - including marriage, divorce and inheritance - will now be under the control of Islamic courts, which some ...

The amendments to Iraq's personal status law allow clerics to rule on marriages based on their interpretation of Islamic law.

The amendments to the countrys legislation are a long-standing demand of Shiite blocs and could legalize child marriage Iraqs ...