Divorce over cell phones SMS?

poertner_1274 · Jul 28, 2003

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysian (Reuters) -- Malaysian Muslim men can divorce their wives through text messages on mobile telephones, the New Straits Times daily reported on Saturday, quoting a religious adviser to the government.

Hamid Othman, adviser to Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad, said divorce via SMS or short messaging service was in accordance with sharia law if it was clear and unambiguous.

"SMS is just another form of writing," the daily quoted Hamid as saying, following an Islamic court decision on Thursday that ruled in favor of a man who served divorce on his wife using SMS.

Islamic law permits a man to divorce his wife by declaring "I divorce you" three times.

This is hilarious. I can't believe it has come to this. Pretty soon, it will be legal to do anything with a cell phone.

Taken from CNN.com

SNGX1275 · Jul 28, 2003

lol, I actually heard about that today on the radio it was on Paul Harvey.

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