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| Kufr Mahathir Overturns Text Message Divorce Fatwa! |
| 2003-07-31 |
| EFL. It just goes to show you, once a guy like Mahathir starts wearing the kufr’s clothes, shaving with the kufr’s razor, and travelling to the kufr’s countries, you just can’t trust him to uphold the good old fashioned sharia anymore! An Islamic court in the country declared last week that a Muslim man had legally ended his marriage by sending his wife a mobile telephone text message. That ruling had been endorsed by the prime minister’s religious affairs adviser. Now, however, the government says it will consider increasing the fines and jail sentences for men who pronounce the talak - or declaration of divorce - by electronic means, such as e-mail, fax or text message. Men who declare divorce outside a court already face up to three years in jail. I wonder how often that law gets enforced... But just over half of Malaysians are also Muslims and bound by Islamic sharia law, rooted in scriptures 1,400 years old. Even the country’s Prime Minister, Doctor Mahathir Mohamad, accepts that this can occasionally cause problems. Last week, a sharia court declared that a text message sent by a man to his wife reading "if you don’t leave your parents house, you’ll be divorced", had legal force. While it may be correct from other angles, it is not the way to get a divorce, Doctor Mahathir told reporters. Last week’s court ruling was condemned by women’s groups and Malaysia’s minister for women, who accused a small minority of Muslim men of damaging the reputation of Islam. You ever notice how they can never leave the frame of reference of Islam? Why not just say it’s moronic and primitive? I guess the threat of being boomed by some wild-eyed shahid makes them hold their tongues. Sharia law requires a man to tell his wife three times that he divorces her. At least one declaration must be before a religious official. Women wishing to end their marriages are subject to a far more arduous procedure under Islamic law. |
| Posted by:11A5S |
| #5 that's right aris: christians and muslims are equally primitive because some christians don't want to legally grant homosexual marriages, while muslims can divorce a woman by saying : 'i divorce you' three times. DId you notice you just compared apples to oranges? If you are going to compare how primitive they are, compare both on the issue of divorce and BOTH on the issue of homosexuals. Now let's see where Islam stands on the issue of Homosexuals.... According to the Islamofascist troglodytes in Trafalgar Square last year, who represent majority thought in Saudi Arabia, Pakistan and elsewhere in the Arab world, homosexuals are PERVERTS WHO WILL BE STONED TO DEATH UNDER SHARIA LAW. That is not: tolerate them but protest the legal entity of marriage, but stone them to death. Now Aris: back to the comparisons... |
| Posted by: Anon1 2003-8-1 5:02:34 AM |
| #4 Xenophobia has Greek roots: Shocked planespotters fly home after prison terms are suspended By Sean O'Neill in Kalamata, Nicola Woolcock and David Sapsted (Filed: 27/04/2002) TWELVE British planespotters were convicted of spying by a Greek court yesterday amid scenes of confusion. Six were jailed for three years while the others were given suspended 12-month terms. |
| Posted by: Zhang Fei 2003-7-31 9:33:21 PM |
| #3 I doubt that calling the bible moronic and primitive would help convince the people that want to constitutionally ban gay marriages to change their ways either Does Greece have gay marriage? I know sodomy among men is an ancient Greek tradition, but is gay marriage actually permitted, with all the attendant welfare and other benefits from the state? |
| Posted by: Zhang Fei 2003-7-31 9:17:02 PM |
| #2 "You ever notice how they can never leave the frame of reference of Islam? Why not just say it’s moronic and primitive?" Oh, yeah, the good *that* would do to their cause... And again it's not just about Islam - somehow I doubt that calling the bible moronic and primitive would help convince the people that want to constitutionally ban gay marriages to change their ways either... |
| Posted by: Aris Katsaris 2003-7-31 8:23:02 PM |
| #1 Why would any non-Muslim woman in their right mind ever marry one of those Troglydytes??? |
| Posted by: SOG475 2003-7-31 7:09:18 PM |