Reports
“What I lived through alone could become a collective fate under the Shariʿa personal status code”: How can a child know the meaning of romantic or sexual love?
Today I feel the need to tell my story, even if my hands tremble and tears slip through. My experience was not an isolated incident, but an early glimpse of what the so-called Shariʿa personal status code could mean today—especially after it was passed on 27 August 2025 in Iraq’s parliament, just one hour after being received from the legal committee of the Shiʿa Endowment. A total of 167 MPs voted in favour.
