Aman: The Iraqi Parliament has proposed banning online multiplayer video games, amid fears that they are corrupting young people and promoting violent fantasies.

A draft law seeking to ban the games was submitted over the weekend by the cultural parliamentary committee. It singles out PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds (PUBG), a popular multiplayer "deathmatch" game.

An Indian boy plays an online game PUBG on his mobile phone in Hyderabad. Credit:AP

Islamic clerics have raised concerns about young people becoming absorbed in scenes of glorified violence, considering their country's history of war, destruction and bloodshed.

"The committee is concerned about the obsession over these electronic games that ignite violence among children and youth. Its influence has spread rapidly among Iraq's society," said Sameaa Gullab, the head of the committee, at a press conference in Baghdad.