DUBAI (AlArabiya.net)
A Saudi man suddenly grabbed a microphone at a shopping mall to announce he is divorcing his wife, in front of their three children and hundreds of shoppers, in response to what he believed was an act of flirting by his wife towards a stranger.
After the family entered the mall, the husband left his wife and children to go shopping. A young man then approached the wife and gave her a piece of paper with his phone number on it. The wife took it and put it in her purse, Saudi newspaper Al-Riyadh reported Monday.
The husband, who happened to see this take place, stormed over to his wife and asked to see her purse. When she refused, he grabbed it by force and saw the other man's number.
The husband then approached a cashier and asked to use the microphone. His voice was heard all over the mall saying: "To all those present and all the shoppers. Please listen to me. I want you to bear witness to what I say."
He mentioned his and his wife's full name then announced that he was divorcing her irreversibly -- that is they cannot get back together according to Islamic law.
The husband then left the mall, took his car and drove away, leaving the woman and the children in the mall amid hundreds of astonished onlookers.
(Translated from Arabic by Sonia Farid) |
