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Fatwa out of Egypt: Neighbors can make you divorce!

by René | March 13, 2009 at 06:22 pm

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You can't make this stuff up!

Cairo, 13 March (AKI) - A fatwa or religious edict issued by a senior Egyptian cleric invites people to end their neighbours' marriages if they can prove they are collapsing from irreconcilable differences.

"If the evidence that the neighbours present is verified, the court has the right to make the couple divorce," said Sheikh Jamal Qutb, cited by Dubai-based TV network Al-Arabiya.

So who's gonna protect the wife's head?

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harringtola

at 19:45 on March 13th, 2009

I wonder if this is a little known law in Egypt itself or it is well known and used routinely.

René

at 20:32 on March 13th, 2009

this is a recent edict and applies to all Islam. not just Egypt. On the Dubai TV.

This is who can make edicts: 'Qutb, an Islamic scholar and former head of the fatwa committee at Egypt's most prestigious religious institution Al-Azhar,'

Barry ORegan

at 19:47 on March 13th, 2009

Well dont that beat all, Nosy parkers do have a use

René

at 20:40 on March 13th, 2009

But decidedly strange, don't ya think? a scholar issuing orders to your neighbors to make you divorce. I mean I can see a lot of room for abuse here.

And who is going to protect the woman from the wrath of the 'scorned man'?

Anon-and-on (not verified)

at 22:04 on March 13th, 2009

"love thy neighbor "

Barry ORegan

at 03:27 on March 14th, 2009

Sounds quite medieval if you ask me, as long as they dont try and bring it to my country as one of the religious cultures.

René

at 08:18 on March 14th, 2009

You mean they aren't trying to bring sharia law to Canada? I hope everyone with any sense up there takes note.

Al-Ramayni Abdullah (not verified)

at 05:20 on March 22nd, 2009

I wonder if the judge will entertain an action from a person who wants that his neighbor's marriage be severed just because he has observed irreconcilable difeferences from them.

Al-Ramayni Abdullah of Lanao del Sur, Philippines (not verified)

at 05:29 on March 22nd, 2009

I wonder if the judge will entertain an action from a person who seek court decree to sever the marriage of his neighbor just because he observes irreconcilable differences from the couple.