We are screening our new film #Undercoverwiththeclerics at the Frontline Club on Wednesday the 2nd of October at 7pm. #iraqssecretsextrade

Girls as young as 12 are being pimped by Iraqi Muslim Shia clerics through “pleasure marriages” A BBC News عربي investigation found vulnerable women exploited by the controversial practice which allows a man to pay for a temporary wife bbc.in/2M9fkso

Clerics in Iraq are selling vulnerable young girls and women for sex, a BBC News عربي investigation has found. Undercover With The Clerics - Iraq's Secret Sex Trade is available now on BBC iPlayer bbc.in/2LJggVd

Superb work Nawal Al-maghafi نوال المقحفي BBC News عربي on underage girls used in temporary "pleasure marriages" condoned & exploited by some Muslims clerics in #Iraq. 1 is filmed saying, "You can caress her, lie on her, touch her body & breasts." #IraqsSexTrade bbc.com/arabic/middlee…

Another cleric is filmed saying girls as young as 9 can be married in this way: "You must not enter her, but you can do everything else." Such "pleasure marriages" are illegal in #Iraq but are being exploited by religious figures with power #IraqsSexTrade bbc.com/arabic/middlee…

Painstaking work went into this investigation by Nawal Al-maghafi نوال المقحفي & team on abuse facilitated and condoned by some Shia clerics in Iraq bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episod…

On today’s programme: A secret world of sexual exploitation of children by some of Iraq’s religious elite is exposed. ⁦BBC News عربي⁩ finds some are being groomed through ‘pleasure marriages’. More from 10. bbc.co.uk/news/extra/iuK…

Incredibly brave & courageous journalism by my colleagues Nawal Al-maghafi نوال المقحفي Monica Garnsey Patrick Wells Christopher Mitchell BBC News عربي - Iraq's Secret Sex Trade exposed. Watch the full documentary here - bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episod… #Iraq

Well spoken #iraqssextrade

Nawal Al-maghafi نوال المقحفي @MaisBayaa Patrick Wells Monica Garnsey وثائقيات بي بي سي this was so difficult to watch but such an important story to expose. Our communities need to know and acknowledge these things are happening so that we can address them. Now no one can deny this dark reality. Thank you.

BBC series by Nawal Al Nawal Al-Maghafi. She invited me to comment about the practices of the clerics in facilitating "pleasure marriages". Well done Nawal! bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/la… with-the-clerics bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/la…

This is a triggering reminder that no community is immune from sexual exploitation. May God protect us and bring justice upon those who use His beautiful religion to harm others: In Iraq, religious ‘pleasure marriages’ are a front for child prostitution theguardian.com/world/2019/oct…

We’ve received some criticism that our film is islamophobic. It isn’t -It is against the grooming &pimping of v poor women&children by clerics working next to important shrines.Focus should be on ending these abuses-not blaming the messenger #iraqssextrade #iraq #pleasuremarriage

Delighted for Nawal Al-maghafi نوال المقحفي and Patrick Wells on their News & Documentary Emmys win for "Iraq's Secret Sex Trade." Congratulations to our producing partners at BBC News عربي. Watch the doc here: to.pbs.org/2RBmY1M

"Iraq’s Secret Sex Trade" won a second Emmy for Best Story in a Newsmagazine. Congratulations once again to Nawal Al-maghafi نوال المقحفي, Patrick Wells & BBC News عربي! Watch the Emmy-winning doc: to.pbs.org/2RBmY1M

Thrilled our film Iraq’s Secret Sex Trade is nominated for two BBC News (UK) Awards - Best Investigation and Best Original Journalism.. Well done to this awesome team, @MaisBayaa, Patrick Wells, Monica Garnsey, Gary Beelders & Christopher Mitchell.. and our incredible undercover reporter!

Highly Commended in the Real Stories Best Current Affairs Documentary category is UNDERCOVER WITH THE CLERICS: IRAQ’S SECRET SEX TRADE Nawal Al-maghafi نوال المقحفي @pjbwells #GriersonAwards

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