Sharia Alert: “Divorce Granted for Muslim Couple,” from AP, with thanks to Twostellas:
Islamic leaders in India have ordered a Muslim couple to divorce.
The wife told friends that her husband had uttered the word “talaq” three times in his sleep.
“Talaq” means divorce.
When the story reached religious leaders, they said his words constituted a divorce under an Islamic procedure known had “triple talaq” and they ordered the split.
They had been married eleven years. Now according to Islamic law they cannot remarry until the wife marries another man, consummates the marriage, and is again divorced.