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Official Moroccan Religious Institution Condemns Fatwa Permitting Marriage To 9-Year-Old Girls

Morocco's Supreme Ulemaa Council has condemned the fatwa issued by Sheikh Mohammad Al-Maghraoui permitting marriage to nine-year-old girls (see "In Morocco, Uproar Follows Fatwa Permitting Marriage To Nine-Year-Old Girls").

Source: Al-Sharq Al-Awsat, London, September 22, 2008

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