Kuala Lumpur - Malaysian Muslim men can divorce their wives through text
messages on mobile telephones says 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 favour 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.
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