# Malaysia permits text message divorce

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malaysia-permits-text-message-divorce/191251>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [July 27, 2003, 12:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malaysia-permits-text-message-divorce/191251 "2003-07-27T12:59:57Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![sailor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a587f6/32.png) [@sailor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sailor)\
**Post date:** [July 27, 2003, 12:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malaysia-permits-text-message-divorce/191251/1 "2003-07-27T12:59:57Z")

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> [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/3100143.stm](http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/3100143.stm)
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> Getting a quickie divorce has taken on a whole new meaning in Malaysia after it was decided that a man can divorce his wife with a text message.  
> The government’s adviser on religious affairs, the man who counsels Malaysia’s Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad, said as long as the message was clear and unambiguous it was valid under Islamic Sharia law.
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> “SMS is just another form of writing,” Dr Abdul Hamid Othman was quoted by the New Straits Times daily newspaper as saying.

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**Author:** ![grettle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/aeb1de/32.png) [@grettle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/grettle)\
**Post date:** [July 27, 2003, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malaysia-permits-text-message-divorce/191251/2 "2003-07-27T14:33:26Z")

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When I was little, there was a billboard/ad campaign in my metro area for “The Cheapest Divorce! Only $69 with Budget Divorce.”

This is better.

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**Author:** ![AngelicGemma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/439d5e/32.png) [@AngelicGemma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AngelicGemma)\
**Post date:** [July 27, 2003, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malaysia-permits-text-message-divorce/191251/3 "2003-07-27T15:06:43Z")

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“Soz Hun. I wnt divorce. Met sum1 wlse.” he he he

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**Author:** ![AngelicGemma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/439d5e/32.png) [@AngelicGemma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AngelicGemma)\
**Post date:** [July 27, 2003, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malaysia-permits-text-message-divorce/191251/4 "2003-07-27T15:08:08Z")

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damn typos! That should be “else” not “wlse”

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**Author:** ![shijinn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/cc9497/32.png) [@shijinn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shijinn)\
**Post date:** [July 27, 2003, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malaysia-permits-text-message-divorce/191251/5 "2003-07-27T17:30:59Z")

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> \*Originally posted by AngelicGemma \*  
> \*\*damn typos! That should be “else” not “wlse” \*\*

why do i find that disturbingly funny? ☹

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**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\
**Post date:** [July 27, 2003, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malaysia-permits-text-message-divorce/191251/6 "2003-07-27T22:29:03Z")

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