Here is the link: http://www.smh.com.au/news/world/served-with-divorce-by-sms/2008/01/04/1198950020821.html?sssdmh=dm16.296084

im not sure since im no scholar, but i think that it isn't valid because for a divorce, the wife shoud have garentee that it was her husband. even though he said he did send the text, for a divorce to be valid, the husband either has to tell her directly or (not sure on this "or" either) it can be written but has his signature (or can be easily identified by his handwriting) and 2 witnisses. But remember im not sure about this so to get a final answer u would need to ask/ email a muslim scholar. hope i helped

i support malaysia's answer. with all the rights that muslim women have, they should deserve to be told by their husband directly. that's worse than being broken up with over a txt message [as in boyfriend girlfriend relationships in the west] because it's a marriage.

Islam does not regard marriages as 'made in heaven' therefore unbreakable on earth. Islam wants marriages to be kept going. Husbands are advised to be gentle with their wives and to allow for the emotional whirlwind their wives may sometimes go through whereby they might do something hurtful and regret it when their internal emotional storms have subsided. But, at the same time, Islam is realistic and recognises that there will be situations in which parting of ways is best. In those situations it may be cruel to force the parties to stay together. It is therefore not a sin in Islam to dissolve a marriage. Islam, acknowledging the maturity of the parties involved, allows them to dissolve the marriage without recourse to a third party. The pronouncement of the dissolution has to come from the husband. The wife’s emotional ups and downs is one of the reasons the pronouncement of the dissolution of marriage should not come from the wife. Once a valid pronouncement has been made the clock for the three month waiting period begins. During this period the divorced wife continues to be provided for and to live in the same house as the husband. This allows time for reflection, it gives a chance for love to blossom once again and establishes by the end of the period whether or not pregnancy issues are involved. If on seeing each other, which is inevitable when living under the same roof, they have a desire to cuddle up then they can renew the marriage without fresh vows. If however matters are really beyond repair then at the end of the three months the parting of the ways becomes firm and the woman is free to marry another man. Should the distance of physical separation, after the three months, make the heart grow fonder, and the woman hasn;t entered another marriage,then they can still get together but with a fresh marriage proposal and vows. The above is just a tiny glimpse of the marriage provisions in Islam. Problems arise when people don’t understand these provisions, cannot live up to the associated responsibilities and misuse the freedoms granted to them. The texting of a divorce is just one example of how far people have shifted marriage from the patience, compassion and sensitivity Islam encourages it should be handled with.

i think that COWARD!