Man divorces wife via text message

By Carleton Bryant The Washington Times - April 10, 2009, 06:23AM

A Saudi man has divorced his wife by sending her a phone text message, the Daily Telegraph is reporting.

The man, who was in Iraq, sent his wife the divorce message, then called two relatives to inform them. A Sharia court checked with the relatives and approved the divorce.

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Under Sharia law, a man is allowed to divorce his wife by saying “I divorce you” three times.

And I thought Nevada had quickie divorces!

I know divorces can be messy and painful, but, dude, this is taking avoidance to the extreme.

I don’t know if married women have property rights under Sharia law, but I doubt this woman even got to keep the phone.

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Carleton Bryant

Carleton Bryant is the assistant managing editor for strategic planning and development/special projects for The Washington Times. He previously served as The Times’ Metropolitan desk editor, Features desk editor and an assistant National desk editor, as well as a National and Metropolitan reporter. He currently writes a humor blog and weekly humor column — both titled “Out of Context” — ...