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Posted on 01/20/2006 4:59:24 AM PST by martin_fierro
Malaysian senator fined for divorcing wife by SMS
Fri Jan 20, 12:01 AM ET
KUALA LUMPUR (AFP) - A Malaysian Muslim senator has been fined for divorcing his wife by sending her an SMS text message and leaving a voicemail on her mobile phone.
The senator, Kamaruddin Ambok, 52, was fined 550 ringgit (147 dollars) Thursday by a Islamic or sharia court for attempting to divorce his wife Mahani Hussain by phone in October 2001, instead of declaring his intentions in court.
The maximum punishment for the offence is 1,000 ringgit or six months' jail, reports said.
"When you marry someone, you go through all the ... processes," said the sharia judge, Zainor Rashid Hassin, referring to ethnic Malay marriage rituals.
"Now, why can't you divorce someone properly as well," he was quoted as saying in the Star daily.
In Malaysian Islamic law, a man can divorce his wife with verbal pronouncements known as talaq in a sharia court, said reports.
The ruling comes amidst heated debate over controversial Islamic family legislation that rights groups have said undermine women's rights within a marriage.
The prosecuting sharia officer, Mohamad Yusof Sulaiman, had asked for a heavier sentence, saying it would better highlight the seriousness of the offence.
"Cases such as this are happening often these days," he said.
"Even NGOs have been critical of Islamic laws lately, especially on matrimonial matters which are said to favour certain parties."
Kamaruddin said he regretted his actions and asked for light punishment and a reduction in the sentence, said reports.
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Wish I couldget out of mine for $147. He got the deal of the century!
The topper is that here in WA state - even though she is leaving him for another man whom she has been having an affair with - she still gets half of my friends stuff. No consequences for her actions, no loss for her leaving the marriage.
why is it that i could see YOU doing it that way, ya jagoof!
Ah well, newlyweds always think it's gonna be unlimited night and weekend minutes forever... then the roaming charges start to mount.
Hey, you must be from Picksburgh!
Then after a couple of years there's the constant temptation of competing calling plans.
how'd ya tell n'at?
i have no doubt that is true.
Easy--I had to learn the language when I moved here, and "jagoff" was the word of the day once...
you know, there are actually some people that think it has a DIRTY connotation!! floored me to hear that. how lucky you live there. i am from there, went to Pitt undergrad, but live in NoVA/DC burbs now.
I just txt mssgd ya.
i sure hope you ain't proposing! i hafta go aht to the van and get my dang phone....
Not to take sides here, and I do feel sorry for your friend, but do you think the marriage was over long before the actual cell phone call? After a 28 year relationship, you'd think they would be communicating a little better? And the cell phone call to the daughter? Could it be she lived out of town or was away at college? It's hard to make a judgement out of so few facts.
The no fault divorce laws with community property in WA sounds bad, but it also eliminates extortionist lawyer fees and incriminating and disgracing each spouse in a court of law.
While I agree, to capriciously end a marriage is wrong, it's not up to us to judge their situation. It's between them and God, imho.
That's really funny! LOL!
"Ah well, newlyweds always think it's gonna be unlimited night and weekend minutes forever... then the roaming charges start to mount."
Truly both funny and tragic all at once.
Taking it literally is tragic, but the analogy is still pretty funny.
Yeah, but wouldn't you have to do a little dance and turn around three times or something? Can you dance?
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