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| Lying leads Saudi court to order divorce |
| 2007-01-29 |
| A Saudi court appeal court has backed the ruling of a lower court to force a couple to divorce against their will, the pair’s lawyer said on Sunday. Abdul-Rahman Al-Lahem said in a statement that the appeals court in Riyadh “has supported the divorce because of ‘inappropriate lineage’.” The family of the Saudi woman, Fatima, began legal action in 2005, saying that her husband was not of sufficiently prestigious tribal stock to marry her, adding that he had lied about his tribal background. Fatima and her two children were then imprisoned for refusing to return to her family’s custody after the lower court first annulled the marriage. But Lahem said that the ruling contradicted the principles of Sharia law, which objects to discrimination on the basis of colour, nationality and race. The issue was dramatised in a popular comedy show aired last October that ridiculed the idea of tribal superiority. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #4 The family of the Saudi woman, Fatima, began legal action in 2005, saying that her husband was not of sufficiently prestigious tribal stock to marry her jeez! what frikkin century is this, anyway!?!?! |
| Posted by: PlanetDan 2007-01-29 17:14 |
| #3 " Fatima and her two children were then imprisoned for refusing to return to her familyÂ’s custody ..." Just about says it all with regards to a woman's place in that barbaric culture don't it? |
| Posted by: AlanC 2007-01-29 11:08 |
| #2 "has supported the divorce because of inappropriate lineage" Inappropriate? She shudda married her first cousin. Ah,yes, the religion of peace and tolerance. |
| Posted by: GK 2007-01-29 08:44 |
| #1 But Lahem said that the ruling contradicted the principles of Sharia law, which objects to discrimination on the basis of colour, nationality and race. Perhaps that idea ought to be shared with the more radical elements. |
| Posted by: gorb 2007-01-29 01:26 |