In the first known instance of divorce by text message in Saudi Arabia, a man who was in Iraq to participate in "what he described as 'jihad'," according to the Arab News, sent a text message to his wife to let her know he was divorcing her. A quick phone call to two relatives provided all the proof a Jeddah court needed to finalize the split. Read more...
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