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

On April 3, 1950, law minister B R Ambedkar announced the formation of an unofficial advisory committee for drafting the ...

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

If approved by parliament, it will be the first time two women will take seats at the male-dominated, nine-member board. There has been only one woman in the board up until now; the current member ...