Saudi man divorces wife by text message
The wonders of modern technology!
What's next? On Facebook or QL perhaps? LOL!
RIYADH (Reuters) – A Saudi man has divorced his wife by text message, a newspaper said on Thursday.
The man was in Iraq when he sent the SMS informing her she was no longer his spouse. He followed up with a telephone call to two of his relatives, the daily Arab News reported.
A court in the Red Sea city of Jeddah finalised the split -- the first known divorce in Saudi Arabia by text message -- after summoning the two relatives to check they had received word of the husband's intention, the paper said.
Saudi Arabia practises a strict form of Islamic Sharia law, and clerics preside over Sharia courts as judges. Under the law a man can divorce his wife by saying "I divorce you" three times.
The Saudi man was in Iraq to participate in "what he described as 'jihad'," according to the Arab News. Many Saudis have gone to fight with al Qaeda militants against the Iraqi government and U.S. forces.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090409/od_uk_nm/oukoe_uk_saudi_divorce_1
And what are those? You're kidding yourself.
There are clear guidelines regarding maintenance and similar issues.
How do they sort out visiting rights and maintainence?
You're kidding yourself.
Apparantely, in India it is not valid. There was a case related to a minister 'Chand Mohd.' highlighted on TV some time back. Most of the muslim scholars said it is important to have witness both sides just as in marraige.
sad but it is still better than killing wife when he doesnt like her
He could have used a pager too!
life is very simple for them...unlike in the west, and in the far east, you have to have a lot of money to do this....
It happens all the time. Proves how MAN they are.
Economical, too. Saves a lot on those pesky attorney fees.
Tecnology at use !
The courts in UAE approved divorce by text in 2001, and in Malaysia in 2003.
This is very old news - Ifirst heard this around 5 years ago when I was in Riyadh!