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NYT article “Britain Grapples With Role …

kaitlin — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 14:22:55 +0000

NYT article “Britain Grapples With Role for Islamic Justice.” A good read with some interesting cultural-specific adaptions of Sharia. My favorite quote is from a father testifying in court to get his daughter released form the commitment. This was the deal-breaker:

“He was not a cucumber that we could cut open to know that he was rotten inside,” the father testified. “The only solution is divorce.”

The Nigerian man with 86 wives has agree …

thabet — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 00:03:43 +0000

The Nigerian man with 86 wives has agreed to divorce 82 of them.

He was sentenced to death by a group of Muslim scholars in Niger State. The sentence was later lifted.

Muslims and Divorce

muse — Sun, 20 Jul 2008 22:32:01 +0000

Why are Muslims divorcing? Some interesting comments at Suhaib Webb’s blog. I personally don’t think its necessarily a bad thing - sometimes divorce is the best option and divorcees shouldn’t be stigmatized.