Court denies Islamic divorce

Win one for the Western traditions! Good to see this guy finding that it is better to be in Pakistan to get a divorce than the US. If he wants to live here, it is time for him to learn to respect US laws. Then tell him to piss off if he does not like it.

Court denies Islamic divorce -- -- baltimoresun.com: "Saying 'I divorce thee' three times, as men in Muslim countries have been able to do for centuries when leaving their wives, is not enough if you're a resident of Maryland, the state's highest court ruled yesterday.

Yesterday, the Court of Appeals rejected a Pakistani man's argument that his invocation of the Islamic talaq, under which a marriage is dissolved simply by the husband's say-so, allowed him to part with his wife of more than 20 years and deny her a share of his $2 million estate.

The justices affirmed a lower court's decision overturning a divorce decree obtained in Pakistan by Irfan Aleem, a World Bank economist who moved from London to Maryland with his wife, Farah Aleem, in 1985.

Both of their children were born in the United States."