MALAYSIA: ELECTRONIC DIVORCE REVIEWED Reacting to an Islamic court ruling that approved a divorce initiated with a husband's text message to his wife, the government said it would tighten religious laws to bar the use of electronic messages in divorces. Under Islamic law, a man can be granted a divorce by declaring his intention to his wife and then repeating his desire before a religious law judge. Abdul Hamid Othman, the government's religious adviser, said rules to begin divorce proceedings would be made more strict and would exclude text messaging and "other easy methods, like e-mails, voice mail or even facsimile." (link via isthatlegal?)