Subscribe | UPI Odd Newsletter Subscribe JEDDAH , Saudi Arabia, April 10 (UPI) -- A Saudi man has become the first in his country to divorce his wife by sending her a text message. A court in the city of Jeddah finalized the divorce, which under Saudi Arabia's Islamic Shariah law only requires a man who wants a divorce to tell his spouse "I divorce you" three times, The Daily Telegraph reported Friday. Advertisement The Telegraph said the divorce is believed to be the first in Saudi Arabia to be initiated by a text message. The man, who was in Iraq at the time the message was sent, called on two relatives to confirm his intentions in court. The Arab News reported the man was in Iraq for "what he described as 'jihad.'"
