Posted on 05/07/2008 1:07:36 PM PDT by forkinsocket
Saying "I divorce thee" three times, as men in Muslim countries have been able to do for centuries when leaving their wives, is not enough if you're a resident of Maryland, the state's highest court ruled yesterday.
Yesterday, the Court of Appeals rejected a Pakistani man's argument that his invocation of the Islamic talaq, under which a marriage is dissolved simply by the husband's say-so, allowed him to part with his wife of more than 20 years and deny her a share of his $2 million estate.
The justices affirmed a lower court's decision overturning a divorce decree obtained in Pakistan by Irfan Aleem, a World Bank economist who moved from London to Maryland with his wife, Farah Aleem, in 1985.
Both of their children were born in the United States.
In 2003, Aleem's wife filed for divorce in Montgomery County Circuit Court.
When he filed a counterclaim, he did not object to the court's jurisdiction over the case, according to the ruling. But before the legal process could be completed - and without telling his wife - Aleem went to the Pakistani Embassy in Washington and invoked the talaq, in effect attempting to turn jurisdiction of the case over to a Pakistani court that later granted him a divorce.
(Excerpt) Read more at baltimoresun.com ...
FATWA!!!
I recommend Aleem take his wife back to Pakistan and do the “I Divorce Thee” bit 3 times.
And take as many of his friends and family as he can.
Hopefully this won’t be overturned by the O’Malley administration.
Islamderthal pwned!!!!
And to never, EVER return!!! No matter how many virgins are promised!
Islamderthal...
I like it!
This is a completely “Duh!” decision, but these days you just never know.
Is this a religion or an old Steve Martin bit?
Hasn’t worked real well for Obama and Wright, either...
The court should find this clown in contempt and severely sanction him for this preposterous stunt.
That being said, I see this will be the first of many probes of the Muslin trying to force Islamic law or practices unto our courts and rules of law.
You would think this decision would be universally the same across all courts of the land.
We all know the right court with the liberal minded judge who likes to be "progressive" would rule differently
When did Arabs start speaking in King James English?
I take it you never studied Spanish ~ or Arabic ~ two languages that use the "familiar forms" AND differentiate between here, there and way over yonder with various grammatical forms.
Muneer Fareed, secretary-general of the Islamic Society of North America, said that if Aleem had traveled to Pakistan and invoked his talaq there, it might have been recognized in a U.S. court under the concept of comity, under which nations accept the premise of a law in another country “whether or not we agree with the law or its spirit.”
Why oh why did a stupid report publish this statement that essentially informs all Muslim men the means to get a Muslim divorce on their American (or resident) wives?
Now we will get Islamic divorce challenges, based on this logic.
Wow. The Socialist Republic of Maryland went against Islam !
Maybe there is hope for the United States yet......
Hopefully. Nevertheless, this is an important precedent. It would be better if it was a decision by the U. S. Supreme Court.
Interesting, I always thought you had to perform the ritual in you wife's presence. Apparently in Islam you can divorce your wife, but never have to inform her of the fact.
Wonder what the wife's status would be if he continues to stayed with her after the taliq. Whore? The abuse potential is HUGE.
Maryland “Freak State” PING!
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