Divorce Grounds of Epic Proportion

With no fault divorce, grounds, in the traditional sense, are all but passe.

But not every religious or legal framework for divorce everywhere works this way.

For example, Sharia law of divorce in Nigeria.

Wife sought a divorce just one week into her marriage.

At the time of consummation, Wife discovered that her physique could not accommodate Husband’s generous endowment without great pain.

And so her divorce petition set that forth as the grounds for her divorce request.

Apparently unimpressed, the Nigerian court, over the laughter of spectators in the courtroom, ordered the parties to attempt a reconciliation …

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