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Iraqi women hold up a placard in support of the "Jaafari Personal Status Law" in the shrine city of Najaf, in central Iraq on March 12, 2014. The law which is based on the principles of the Jaafari school of Shia religious jurisprudence, includes provisions that prohibit Muslim men from marrying non-Muslims, legalizes marital rape by stating that a husband is entitled to have sex with his wife regardless of her consent, lower the marriage age to nine for girls and fifteen for boys, and even allow girls younger than nine to be married with a parent's approval, according to Human Rights Watch. AFP PHOTO/HAIDAR HAMDANI (Photo by HAIDAR HAMDANI / AFP) (Photo by HAIDAR HAMDANI/AFP via Getty Images)