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The Donkey Made Him Do It

Posted by Naomi Dunne on Sun, 03/09/2008 - 11:00am

When I was a little girl, my father used to call me his "petit chou," apparently a French term of endearment that translates to "little cabbage." I thought he was being offensive. He thought I was being provincial. Sadly, folks, it gets far worse than cabbage in Syria.

An Islamic man just divorced his wife at their wedding reception because she called him her little donkey. Let that sink in for a minute.

The wife had selected an Arabic song that includes the line, "I love you, my little donkey" as their first dance. She apparently kept singing and singing, and in so doing, called her groom a donkey over and over.

Hubby didn't like it, and demanded the DJ change the song. The DJ refused, as this was the song the wife had chosen, and left the record playing. The enraged husband grabbed the microphone and yelled "Talaq! Talaq! Talaq!" ("I divorce you! I divorce you! I divorce you!") to the amazement of the crowd.

According to Islamic law, if a man says this three times, he's divorced. Done. Over. Just like that. In January, I wrote about a man who did this over the public address system in the supermarket, and men are starting to do it by text message. Why can't my divorce can't be this easy?

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