Text message divorce?

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Okay so most of you know I have certain complaints against my beloved Arab brothers like a woman has complaints against her husband, but like the woman who still loves her husband, I still love my Arab brothers. One of those complaints is that they claim Islam is in their blood and they have the "pure" Islam and then they do this...InshAllah May Allah Guide and help us ALL.

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RIYADH (Reuters) - A Saudi man has divorced his wife by text message, a newspaper said 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 finalized 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 practices 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.

(Reporting by Asma Alsharif)

Source:http://www.reuters.com/article/oddlyEnoughNews/idUSTRE53858P20090409?feedType=RSS&feedName=oddlyEnoughNews&rpc=69

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Imagine if this was a traditional desi or Arab family

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So usually I talk about serious subjects. But today I want you all to read this news and imagine what your parents would do. I know my mom would just beat me.\

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VIENNA (Reuters) - An Austrian woman who bombarded her son with phone calls over a two-and-a-half year period was fined by a court for stalking him, Austrian media reported on Thursday.

The 73-year-old woman, who phoned her son up to 49 times a day was fined 360 euros ($478) by the court in the southern city of Klagenfurt.

"I just wanted to talk to him," the woman told the court, according to Austrian newspaper Kleine Zeitung. "I can't talk to my son, nor my daughter. I've never seen my grandchild -- who is already 15-years-old," she said.

The case was brought by the son. The court did not release their names.

(Reporting by Sylvia Westall; Editing by Angus MacSwan)

source: http://www.reuters.com/article/oddlyEnoughNews/idUSTRE53859120090409

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