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Saudi Man Divorces Wife via Text Message

by Peter Mychalcewycz on April 14, 2009 at 04:22 PM

According to the Arab News, a Saudi man, who was busy in Iraq participating in "what he described as 'jihad'," found the time to send his wife a text message, alerting her that he had divorced her. This is the first documented divorce in Saudi Arabia executed by text message, according to a Reuters report at Yahoo! News. Under Islamic Sharia Law, a man need only say "I divorce you" three times to end a relationship.

Before finalizing the split, a court in Jeddah (a city near the Red Sea) summoned two relatives who had received telephone calls from the man confirming his wish. After their appearance, the court acted to dissolve the marriage.

We think it's a tad crass to end a marriage via text. But then again, if the man is in Iraq doing what we think he's doing (attacking U.S. and Iraqi security forces),then an etiquette faux pas probably doesn't bother him all that much. [From: Reuters Via: IT World]

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Tags: divorce, relationships, saudi arabia, SaudiArabia, tech etiquette, TechEtiquette, text-messaging, texting, weird

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