What if the new government of Tunisia forbids women to divorce? There is a saying that goes something like this: “You know the devil you have, you don’t know the one you are going to get.” One has to wonder if Tunisians in general and Tunisian women in particular are aware of these words of …
Read moreTUNISIA: Will divorce laws change now that Ben Ali's government's been overthrown?
CAIRO: The desire of two Egyptian Coptic priests’ wives to divorce their husbands linked to Al-Qaida violence against Christians in Iraq. Two Coptic women in Egypt convert to Islam to obtain a legal divorce – at least they allegedly tried to – and this purportedly triggers violence against Christians by Al-Qaida in Iraq: The wives …
Harry Reid has jumped ship and divorced himself from President Obama on a provocative issue: The Ground Zero Mosque. That’s a big time political divorce. Reed, who is in a tight race for re-election, basically broke rank and told the world that he is against the Ground Zero Mosque after Pres. Obama came out in support of …
Tagged as billionaire SHOULD THESE BILLIONAIRES GET A DIVORCE? WHO? Rupert Murdoch and Prince Al-Waleed of Saudi Arabia AGE: 79, 55, respectively WHAT? Their ménage a deux and the New York “terror mosque” connection NETWORTH: $6B and 19B, respectively (both are on the Forbes List of Billionaires) MARITAL STATUS: Both currently married (Wendy Deng and Princess …
Read moreTwo 2x divorced billionaires “are in bed together” but do they need to get a divorce?
Just found this story that unfolded in Dubai last month and concluded with deportation of a British expat Mamie Pearce who was living in Dubai with her Egyptian husband, Ihab El-Labban, after the wife was accused of adultery by the husband. The Muslim religion to which she converted after meeting her husband (they married in Seychelles) …
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Religious zealots can be quite frightening and unpleasant, can’t they? It is not the simple fact of believing in God that makes a person a religious zealot (although, don’t tell that to the average atheist who feel just the mention of the word God makes a person a religious extremist). It is really a lot …
Read moreWhen you divorce a religious zealot, what happens to your kids?