Saudi man splits up with wife through SMS

BEIJING, April 10 (Xin***) -- A Saudi man divorced
his wife via text message, *** it the first known case of snapping nuptial
ties through the modern technology in Saudi Arabia.

The man was in Iraq when he sent the SMS "I divorce
you" writtenthrice through a text message to his spouse. He followed up
with a telephone call to two of his relatives, the daily Arab News reported.

A court in the Red Sea city of Jeddah finalised the
split after summoning the two relatives to check they had received word of the
husband's intention, the *** said.

Saudi Arabia practises a strict form of Islamic
Sharia law, under which a man could divorce his wife by simply saying "I divorce
you" three times.

(Agencies)