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Old 07-27-2003, 06:52 PM   #1 (permalink)
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Malaysia permits text message divorce

Getting a quickie divorce has taken on a whole new meaning in Malaysia after it was decided that a man can divorce his wife with a text message.

The government's adviser on religious affairs, the man who counsels Malaysia's Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad, said as long as the message was clear and unambiguous it was valid under Islamic Sharia law.

"SMS is just another form of writing," Dr Abdul Hamid Othman was quoted by the New Straits Times daily newspaper as saying.

The decision follows a Malaysian court's ruling on Thursday in favour of a man who served divorce on his wife via a text message.

Sharia judge Mohamad Fauzi Ismail declared that the divorce declaration was valid and that as such the marriage between the plaintiff Azida Fazlina Abdul Latif and defendant Shamsudin Latif was annulled, the Utusan Malaysia newspaper reported.

Mr Shamsudin was said to have sent Ms Azida a text message saying: "If you do not leave your parents' house, you'll be divorced".

Although such a notification of divorce may seem astonishingly brief to some, under Islamic law men are allowed to divorce their wives simply be saying the word 'talaq' - I divorce you - three times.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/3100143.stm

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Old 07-27-2003, 07:09 PM   #2 (permalink)
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No wonder my dad refuses to carry around a cell phone.
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Old 07-27-2003, 07:28 PM   #3 (permalink)
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lol - that's exactly what I thought of my own dad.
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Old 07-27-2003, 07:31 PM   #4 (permalink)
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Ouch, what a way to go. "Hey it's...oh god why?!"
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Old 07-27-2003, 09:17 PM   #5 (permalink)
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hahaha, i heard somewhere that in Boston...Bosten? i think Boston, i dont remeber, some city, if you introduce a woman as you wife three time in public, then you are legally married. this is obviously an old law thats not inforeced anymore but still thats funny
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Old 07-27-2003, 11:25 PM   #6 (permalink)
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would this make cell phones a bad present to give your wife now?

"What do I need a cell phone for? So you can divorce me while you are on your lunch break?!"
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Old 07-28-2003, 01:23 AM   #7 (permalink)
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can you get married via text?
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Old 07-28-2003, 12:38 PM   #8 (permalink)
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So now I can meet a women online. Talk to her without meeting her for about 3 years. Meet her, marry her, then divorce her through text messaging 2 days latter. Thats just to screwed up.
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Old 07-28-2003, 05:38 PM   #9 (permalink)
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Just had to post cause I love the Title. This is why I don't carry one of those leashes, besides I like mine with leather and metal rings!!
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Old 07-28-2003, 08:12 PM   #10 (permalink)
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I think in Texas it's a common-law marriage if you introduce a woman as your wife thrice. Also, I think, if you share a habitation with a woman for a year or something...
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