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Exposing Iraq’s pleasure marriage clerics

The clerics who profit from exploiting Iraq’s vulnerable women and children: ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Arabic's Nawal Al-Maghafi investigates the business of temporary "pleasure" marriages.

ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Arabic’s Nawal Al-Maghafi's report Undercover with the Clerics: Iraq's Secret Sex Trade exposes some clerics at two of Iraq’s holiest sites sexually exploiting children and young women, using a controversial religious practice called 'pleasure marriage'.

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Image: ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Arabic's Nawal Al-Maghafi in Baghdad
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