Iraq’s Lost Century - Proposal to Amend Personal Status Law Threatens Hard-won Progress Firozui Mandomi, Faraz Author aut Majeed Qader, Dhahir Author aut Yasin Husein Kokha, Ayad Author aut Text xx# 2024 Verfassungsblog 2024-09-26 eng
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 Shia religious authorities, in collaboration with their political allies in the Iraqi parliament, seek to redefine Iraq’s personal status law according to religious rules. On July 29, the largest bloc in Iraq’s parliament, introduced a controversial bill to amend the Personal Status Law of 1959. This proposed amendment would mandate that Iraqis, upon marriage, choose either Shia or Sunni jurisprudence to govern all personal status-related matters within their marriage. This change creates legal uncertainty by replacing predictable, codified law with premodern, uncodified Islamic jurisprudence. Moreover, it disproportionately affects women, especially by facilitating early marriages. CC BY-SA 4.0 Firozui Mandomi, Faraz Iraq Iraq (Territory under Mandate) Personal Status Law Shia and Sunni jurisprudence early marriages Iraq (Territory under Mandate) 342 https://verfassungsblog.de/iraq-lost-century/ Verfassungsblog 2366-7044 Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog gGmbH 10.59704/60792efdfb72e22c 240926 10.59704/60792efdfb72e22c Converted from MARCXML to MODS version 3.7 using MARC21slim2MODS3-7.xsl (Revision 1.140 20200717)