JEDDAH, 7 July — A man in Tabuk recently divorced his wife through a text message sent by mobile phone to his father-in-law. The message, “Your daughter is divorced,” triggered a conflict between the two families, Al-Jazirah newspaper reported yesterday.
The woman’s father considered his son-in-law’s action an “unpardonable humiliation”.
The text message came while family elders were trying to reconcile the couple, who had been separated for several months, the paper said. The man was perturbed when news reached him that his wife planned to travel abroad with her family without seeking his permission.
Sheikh Abdul Aziz ibn Saleh Al-Humaid, head of the Shariah Court in Tabuk, said the court would give a ruling on the legality of divorce through a text message. (AN)
