Keyword: talaq

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  • Court denies Islamic divorce (Man's attempt to circumvent state law is rejected)

    05/08/2008 1:59:10 PM PDT · by mojito · 33 replies · 907+ views
    Baltimore Sun ^ | 5/7/2008 | Nick Madigan
    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...
  • (Vanity) Political Limerick 08-22-2006

    08/22/2006 6:49:05 PM PDT · by grey_whiskers · 1 replies · 198+ views
    grey_whiskers ^ | 08-22-2006 | grey_whiskers
    See for example this thread first. An Indian wife must divorce her husband, with no recourse. Their patch-it-up plan a sev'nty year old man Can you say "they're Muslim"? (Of course!)