In effect, he divorced her because he was cheating online?

Hah.

Lame...

**** I wish it was that easy to get a divorce in this country.

hehehehe

crazy muslims...

(note: the above comment was made for purposes of humor and should not be taken offensively)

You know, if you're gonna give a 16-word explanation for a two-word statement that might very well be offensive anyways, don't make the statement to begin with.

Awww, Flex can count!

That I can.

What's sad is I wonder how many members (myself included) counted that there actually were 16 words.

I didn't..lol

Flex needs to chill, though... :p

That would defeat the purpose of free speach

QFT.

"I'm not racist, but..."

Cheating on your wife, with your wife. Thats a new one.

That is pretty funny.

And you had to give a 16 word reply! :p

We have too much time on our hands.

I totally did that. :p

That is really stupid, actually.

This is a privately owned Internet Server.

Your rights don't count here.


Which is the problem with the internet.... what is protecting your rights?

His right to speak does. They can't take that away.

Neither can they take away the moderator's right to censor said statement and/or punish said person.

Nothing is keeping you from setting up your own server, which you are allowed to use to say anything you want.

My lack of energy to click the post reply comment keep me from speaking quite often.

The way of divorcing is an old custom, dating back to the BC years in the region. It's not exclusive to Islam, it was a Judaic custom too.
Divorcing in that culture (I don't know the following is true today, but it was back then) had a different meaning back then. Women were unable to live on their own in that society, and were provided for in marriage. Once divorced, they were screwed.

This is the reason that Jesus spoke out against divorce. It had nothing to do with the way divorce is today, but he told people not to do it because if they did then the women they divorced would be out on the streets.
/culture lesson

Crap. You have opened my eyes. I've been so stupid. Thank you. (I'm not being sarcastic.)

Except on private grounds, you can make up a ton of rules. Speech is included in that. If you went into a store and just constantly rambled for all eternity, and the manager decided to throw you out (Even if you weren't saying anything bad), he'd be in the right. His property, your problem.

I think I've jumped the gun a little, I'm afraid.
I've been digging around for a cite for this to make sure I was right. I haven't found exactly what I'm looking for. I think I misinterpreted what I heard.

I was partly right though. I found a few things:

It seems the author has an axe to grind against Judaism and Christianity, but it'll have to do for now.
from WOMEN IN ISLAM VERSUS WOMEN IN THE JUDAEO-CHRISTIAN TRADITION:
THE MYTH & THE REALITY


I should point out that when he says Judaism allows it, he is making a pretty big generalization about the religion and their interpretation. However, around the time of Jesus I do believe that this kind of thing was in Jewish law.

It looks like I was also wrong about that particular custom being behind this. A lot of the things that Islam is criticized for are cultural customs from that time that Christianity and Judaism participated in, but not this one.
However, what it apparently does say in the Koran nonetheless should be looked at.

From Legal Affairs


So even though I was wrong about the connection to Islam, the way people say their divorce works is still wrong. I'll try to ask some people who might know, because I don't really trust these cites too much, but I think what I've found out is at least close to the truth.

Sorry about that. It just goes to show: always ask for a cite

personally i dont know why he was angry or why she fainted... well ok the shock of it all, but really, doesent that point even more to the fact that thay should be together as a couple?

Maybe, but we dont live in a fairy tale...

You say crazy muslims...I say stupid ******* people...

I know this is completely unrelated to the topic at hand but I have to say that I find it pretty damn funny that Brian posted a duplicate thread and had one of his admins lock it on him and he is the owner of the site. LOL!!

I agree, that was cool. Brian jumped up a few notches in my view of him when I saw that!

I don't have any answers yet about divorce law, I'm still waiting on those. It does appear that either Mohammed wasn't influenced by Jewish law when it comes to divorce, or the interpretation of the law had changed by the time he was around, which is probable.

Those damn admins close my threads and even move them around. I get no respect around here.

It's almost like a real life version of You've Got Mail, sort of. It would have been worse (and funnier) if it had been his mom. :p