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Exposing Iraq鈥檚 pleasure marriage clerics

The clerics who profit from exploiting Iraq鈥檚 vulnerable women: 大象传媒 Arabic investigates.

大象传媒 Arabic鈥檚 Nawal Al-Maghafi takes us undercover at two of Iraq鈥檚 holiest sites to reveal how some clerics are sexually exploiting children and young women. They鈥檙e using a controversial religious practice called 'pleasure marriage', illegal under Iraqi law, to supply women for sex.

Photo: 大象传媒 Arabic's Nawal Al-Maghafi in Baghdad
Credit: 大象传媒

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