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One in four Saudi marriages end in divorce
2006-12-24
Nearly one in four marriages in the conservative Muslim kingdom of Saudi Arabia ends in divorce, a newspaper quoted the Justice Ministry as saying on Saturday.

For 105,066 marriage contracts registered in 2005, 24,000 divorce cases were recorded by the ministry, Asharq al-Awsat newspaper said, quoting a ministry report. Officials at the Justice Ministry could not be reached for comment but the statistics come amid intense debate over the surge in divorce rates in the birthplace of Islam.

The High Court in the Red Sea port of Jeddah said earlier this year divorce rates in the city had risen by 60 percent over the last two years against 39 percent in the capital Riyadh and 18 percent in the Eastern Province, home to a Shia minority. Saudi Arabia, which follows an austere form of Sunni Islam, allows men to repudiate their wives. “It is impossible to have healthy relationships in Saudi Arabia. The laws have given men full authority while women are deprived of their rights and freedom,” rights activist Wajiha al-Howeidar said.
Posted by:Fred

#10  Stupid people do stupid things.
Posted by: wxjames   2006-12-24 16:00  

#9  TW, we know EXACTLY what they're doing on the Street of Divorced Women to support themselves. Some of the lucky ones who came from a family that can afford to take them back, and which doesn't blame the woman for the breakup, will do so. They have a refuge. Almost all the rest end up prostitutes.

Women in SA have a miserable existence and it's pretty well documented, which is why I can't understand ANY woman here in the West taking up with the death cult. It's like seeing American blacks volunteering for the reinstitution of slavery; mind-bogglingly surreal.
Posted by: mac   2006-12-24 14:41  

#8  So what happens to the ex-wives? I know some of them end up on Divorcee' Street, doing who knows what to support themselves, but do the rest get sent back home to Daddy? And then what -- a less prestigious marriage, because they're used goods?
Posted by: trailing wife   2006-12-24 14:01  

#7  Muslim divorce? The male says "Talaq" 3 times, and its done. For females it takes years. And men get custody of children, although they usually abandon them.
Posted by: Sneaze Shaiting3550   2006-12-24 05:45  

#6  Whahahaha Mac! If I had a pint, I'd lift it to ya mate.
Posted by: Besoeker   2006-12-24 05:36  

#5  They're all daisy chaining each other. I saw it on the deck of a bulk carrier in Sudan (yes, I know it wasn't SA but the religion was the same). Sick f***s, the lot of them. If you aren't a rich, or at least up-and-coming guy in SA, you better get prepared for a life of buggery. And, as the saying goes, if you'll pitch, you'll catch.
Posted by: mac   2006-12-24 05:34  

#4  #3 The rest, 67.75% of Soddy males are destined to a lifelong bachelorate. goat herder.
Posted by: Besoeker   2006-12-24 03:26  

#3  The rest, 67.75% of Soddy males are destined to a lifelong bachelorate.

Unless they manage to go out and distinguish themself in the fight against infidels.
Posted by: gromgoru   2006-12-24 03:16  

#2  exJAG, not every Soddy gets married. About 25% get 4 wives. They divorce one, thus enabling another 6.25% to have a wife at all. Due to the fact that there is about 48+% to 51+% natural male to female distribution, another 1% may get lucky and get a wife. The rest, 67.75% of Soddy males are destined to a lifelong bachelorate.
Posted by: twobyfour   2006-12-24 03:09  

#1  "One in four Saudi marriages end in divorce"

So that means, on average, every Saudi man divorces one wife.
Posted by: exJAG   2006-12-24 02:04  

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