April 03, 2006
Happy Aniversary, Sweetheart!
Hey, I mumble things asleep as well, guys....
A man who accidentally "divorced" his wife in his sleep has been ordered to separate.
Aftab Ansari uttered the Urdu word for divorce, "talaq", three times in his sleep, prompting his worried wife to discuss the matter with her friends, according to the Press Trust of India news agency.
Under Islamic law, a husband need only say "I divorce you" three times to secure a permanent end to his marriage.
Muslim leaders in the couple's village in West Bengal state found out and decreed that Ansari's unconscious utterances constituted a divorce.
The religious leaders said that, before remarrying, the couple would have to be apart for at least 100 days and that the wife, Sohela, would have to spend a night with another man and then be divorced by him.
Cold, dude. Cold.
And I know it's lacking in cultural sensitivity and all, but the idea that one can get divorced by saying "Talaq, talaq, talaq", reminds me of the movie Beetlejuice.
Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice!
Posted by Quentin George at April 3, 2006 06:26 PMI read a longier version of this report in the papers at work. The man claimed that he still loved his wife very much. Hmm...he loved her so much he dreamed of divorcing her. That's really cute.
Posted by: Jan at April 3, 2006 10:48 PM*Longier is really longer...Oops?
Posted by: Jan at April 3, 2006 10:49 PM