Divorcing dimwits Part I
More ludicrous tales of Middle East marital woe - this time a Lebanese cretin who divorced his wife in a fit of anger, but "didn't really mean it".
"Although he admitted before the court that he had divorced his wife by pronouncing the divorce word three times in Dubai, and once more in their native country, Lebanon, S.K.M. was still praying to the court to order his wife, M.S. to return to him because he did not intend to divorce her and that his pronouncements of the divorce word were made in anger and loss of control over his temper."
One of the issues with Islamic marriage is that it allows a man to divorce his wife by just saying "I divorce you" - the talaaq - to her three times. This has even led to some men divorcing via SMS message. A Dubai court even approved the practice - it's not available for women of course, only men. Divorce is much harder for women to obtain in Islam.
The whole thrice-talaq matter is under continual debate with varying opinion among Islamic scholars:
"According to the Shaafi’i madhhab and the majority of other madhhabs, giving three talaaqs at once counts as three separate talaaqs and is irrevocable, and the couple cannot remarry until the woman has been married to and divorced from another man. Other scholars say that three talaaqs given at once count as only one talaaq."
Despite fatwas that invalidate talaq said in uncontrollable anger, SKM lost Primary, Appeal and Supreme Court rulings. One can only imagine the courts sympathised with his doubtless long-suffering wife.
"Although he admitted before the court that he had divorced his wife by pronouncing the divorce word three times in Dubai, and once more in their native country, Lebanon, S.K.M. was still praying to the court to order his wife, M.S. to return to him because he did not intend to divorce her and that his pronouncements of the divorce word were made in anger and loss of control over his temper."
One of the issues with Islamic marriage is that it allows a man to divorce his wife by just saying "I divorce you" - the talaaq - to her three times. This has even led to some men divorcing via SMS message. A Dubai court even approved the practice - it's not available for women of course, only men. Divorce is much harder for women to obtain in Islam.
The whole thrice-talaq matter is under continual debate with varying opinion among Islamic scholars:
"According to the Shaafi’i madhhab and the majority of other madhhabs, giving three talaaqs at once counts as three separate talaaqs and is irrevocable, and the couple cannot remarry until the woman has been married to and divorced from another man. Other scholars say that three talaaqs given at once count as only one talaaq."
Despite fatwas that invalidate talaq said in uncontrollable anger, SKM lost Primary, Appeal and Supreme Court rulings. One can only imagine the courts sympathised with his doubtless long-suffering wife.
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2 Comments:
Islam really does seem like a backwards religion. It's a shame that it plays such a huge role in Middle Eastern politics.
Like all religions, Islam has legacy issues that aren't appropriate for the modern age. And things that have been wrongly interpreted. Like Christianity and female priests, for example - some churches now have women clergy, others don't. Or the Amish, who effectively live in the past.
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