Dubai, March 2 (DPA) Muslim authorities in Dubai, acknowledging the synergy of technology and tadition, Thursday confirmed that a Muslim divorce can be carried out via a mobile phone text message or SMS.

The country's Grand Mufti, Ahmed al-Haddad, who issued a fatwa on the subject, noted: "Islamic clerics disagreed over the way divorce can be written."

"While some said writing a divorce is equivalent to verbally announcing it, others believe a divorce must be documented by writing and can only be applied when there is intention and when it is read aloud."

Al-Haddad said he believed an Islamic judge or "mufti" is able judge a divorce case filed via a mobile phone SMS, based on any of the two opinions by choosing what is most applicable to the couple's circumstances.

"Divorce through this modern way is not different from using a pen and a paper," he said.

In Islam, if a husband seriously and verbally tells his wife "you are divorced", they should be separated even without a formal certification of divorce.

anyone knows if a wife wants a divorce, what happens?

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Originally posted by raymond:
anyone knows if a wife wants a divorce, what happens?

it is a shame what these females have to endure in that part of the world.

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Originally posted by raymond:
anyone knows if a wife wants a divorce, what happens?

same thing.

Equality, bai!!!