Maryland High Court refuses to recognize Islamic talaq divorce
The Religion Clause Blog reports: “In Aleem v. Aleem, (Ct. App. Md., May 6, 2008), the Maryland Court of Appeals (the state’s highest court) refused to recognize a talaq divorce obtained under the laws of Pakistan (Muslim Family Laws Ordinance 1961) by a husband who, with his wife, resided in Maryland.”
See, Religion Clause Blog post for more details.
The Wikipedia link above provides this quick definition of talaq:
“Talaq is a controversial Sunni Islamic procedure whereby a husband can divorce his wife by saying to her “talaq, talaq, talaq” (”I divorce you”, three times). It is not used in Shi’a jurisprudence, since they deem the talaq to be a procedure rather than a decision.”