Sunday, July 27, 2003
Backward tradition, meet technology
The BBC reports an entirely unlikely marriage between a very backward tradition, wherein a Muslim man can divorce his wife by saying "Talaq" thrice, and mobile messaging. The Malaysian authorities now allow a man to divorce his wife via SMS.
The government's adviser on religious affairs, the man who counsels Malaysia's Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad, said as long as the message was clear and unambiguous it was valid under Islamic Sharia law.
The government's adviser on religious affairs, the man who counsels Malaysia's Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad, said as long as the message was clear and unambiguous it was valid under Islamic Sharia law.
