Egyptian woman asks court whether her husband can get a divorce via SMS
By Dusan Belic on Saturday, January 5th, 2008 at 10:52 AM PST In General
Now we really know mobile technology is entering every possible sphere of our lives. Apparently, a woman in Egypt is seeking clarification from a court on whether her husband’s declaration of divorce by text message is legally valid.
After missing a call from her husband on her mobile phone, Iqbal Abul Nasr received an SMS from him saying “I divorce you because you didn’t answer your husband.”
If an Egyptian court declares the couple divorced, it would be the first reported case of divorce by SMS in the country. And while we’re on the subject, divorce by SMS has been highly debated across the Muslim world and some Islamic countries like Malaysia have banned the practice…
Finally, even though we consider ourselves to be quite tech savvy, we are totally against this — some things should be reserved for face-to-face meetings.
[Via: textually.org]
lolz…this is quite interesting and surprising…
this is sad…
its like texting “i’m breaking up with you” to your gf…but the difference here that this is actually your wife…
although this is a “texted” divorce…it is valid – its just not appropiate to do that – yet it is valid…
i feel sorry for the woman for she married such a coward…and i feel sorry for the man for divorcing her for such a reason…
people use phones in my country alot…but this is the first time i see such thing happening…