Saudi men celebrate couple separation
Aug 12, 2008 Saudi News
Story
Twenty five men from a Saudi tribe starting celebrating and chanting in front of the Riyadh General Court after successfully separating a woman of their clan from a man unknown to them.
The man married his wife with her fathers approval with the opposition of the clan members who refused that a woman of their clan be married to someone from outside the clan. As result the clan members went to court to demand the annulment of the marriage as the man was not one of them. The husband stood still and announced that he will only agree to divorce his wife if her father asked him. Under extreme pressure from the clan members the father broke down and asked for the divorce as a result the couple was broken up. As soon as this happen shouting and screaming was heard all over the court house as the clans men celebrated and some even fell to the ground in prayer thanking god.
Commentary
Tribal traditions at its peak! So the only problem with the guy was that he wasn’t one of their clan so they destroy his marrage. Where in Islam does this come in? This is a major problem in Saudi Arabia where tribalism comes first and Islam second, many believing that their tribal traditions are part of Islam. This is tribal racism at its best. All I can say this is sick and needs to be stopped.
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September 18th, 2008 at 11:04 pm
This is a terrible thing in Saudi Arabia. I am sure it is against Islam to separate just for the sake of staying in the same tribe…
A similar story happened a few years ago, only the woman was someone that was my father’s friend’s ..daughter. and she went into a mental hospital after forcefully separating her from husband.
October 1st, 2008 at 3:47 am
This does seem so wrong. Divorce should be decided between the husband and the wife, not everyone else.