Divorces up for S'pore Moslems

Divorces up for S'pore Moslems

SINGAPORE (AP): The number of Moslem divorces rose last year in multiethnic Singapore, a newspaper reported yesterday.

Divorces among Moslems, which are handled by Islamic authorities in a Shariah Court rather than by the regular judiciary, rose about 10 percent to 1,212 cases, according to The Straits Times.

But the court's administrator said the increase was attributed to more efficiency in the Shariah Court rather than more applications for divorce.

The newspaper noted, too, that the rate of Moslem divorces has remained relatively stable at about 20 percent over the past few years.