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Courts will now serve women their divorce notice via text message in Saudi Arabia, in a new regulation that took effect on Sunday, officials said.

The measure approved by the justice ministry appears aimed at curbing seemingly rampant cases of men secretly ending marriages without informing their wives.

“Women… will be notified of any changes to their marital status via text message,” the justice ministry said in a statement carried by state-run Al-Ekhbariya news channel and other local media.

“Women in the kingdom will be able to view documents related to the termination of their marriage contracts through the ministry’s website.”

The move comes as Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, the de facto ruler spearheads a liberalisation drive in the conservative kingdom, which has some of the world’s toughest restrictions on women, AFP reports.

In June last year, women celebrated taking the wheel for the first time in decades as the kingdom overturned the world’s only ban on female motorists.

The kingdom has also allowed women to enter sports stadiums, previously a male-only arena, and is pushing for greater participation of women in the workforce as it seeks to diversify its oil-dependent economy.

But in tandem with the reforms, the kingdom has seen a wave of arrests of women activists in recent months as it steps up a crackdown on dissent.

The country also faces criticism over its male guardianship system, which allows men to exercise arbitrary authority to make decisions on behalf of their female relatives.

On Sunday, an 18-year-old Saudi woman held at Bangkok airport said she would be killed if she was repatriated by Thai immigration officials.

Pleading her case on Twitter, the woman — who wanted to seek asylum in Australia — said she was trying to flee her family, who subjected her to physical and psychological abuse.

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Lalasticlala mynd44

Good one

As Holy as Saudi, dem still dey divorce??

Nigerians are so lucky to have the PVC which will be used to divorce Pa Buhari.

No service charge
No network glitch
No wahala.

IrokoOluwere:
Good one

How is this a good one?

delugajackson:
Any religion that does not respect the views of the opposite gender is not a true religion. As a matter of fact, any religion that attempts to suppress the dissenting voices of women in the society is no religion.

You are on point.

delugajackson:
Any religion that does not respect the views of the opposite gender is not a true religion. As a matter of fact, any religion that attempts to suppress the dissenting voices of women in the society is no religion.

100 %

uboma:
How is this a good one?

Read the post

uboma:
You are on point.

Ugosample:
100 %

delugajackson:
Any religion that does not respect the views of the opposite gender is not a true religion. As a matter of fact, any religion that attempts to suppress the dissenting voices of women in the society is no religion.

Lmao . Funniest part is that this dude above is a Christian.

You think you’re trying to shame or mock Islam ? Whereas . Christianity fits your analogy better .
Kindly note the bolded too.
I extract it from another thread . And I want you to challenge him now Mr Christian

Dantedasz:
Religion generally is SEXIST and discriminatory towards women. The fact and brutal truth is women have refused to read the Bible. They mostly rely on what their pastors tell them. The pastors on their part cherry pick what to tell them and the women believe.
Women need to educate themselves and read what the Bible says. In my opinion NO woman can read the Bible and remain a Christian unless she is a dummy. The Bible is the most SEXIST book ever written and completely AGAINST women.
It is all there in the religious book of the Christians and no woman stands a chance of being free if she adheres to the contents.
If I am challenged I can provide enough passages that completely relegate women to second class beings.

Culled from
https://www.nairaland.com/4943358/women-need-throw-away-shackles#74501750

Another milestone of advancement from Saudi [/sarcasm]

JasonScoolari:
Nigerians are so lucky to have the PVC which will be used to divorce Pa Buhari.

No service charge
No network glitch.
No wahala.

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