Topless woman: God told her to direct traffic

"A 30-year-old woman caused quite a commotion Wednesday evening when she decided to direct traffic at a DeLand intersection.
Rather than keeping traffic flowing through the intersection of W. Euclid and S. Orange avenues, the woman was creating a bit of a hazard, police said, because she was topless. The DeLand Police Department received a number of calls about 7 p.m. and responded to find the woman "foaming at the mouth and talking to herself," according to a police report.
The DeLand woman told police that God told her to direct traffic.
She was taken to an area hospital for a mental evaluation

Orlandosentinel.com, April 17, 2008

Saudi divorces wife for watching male TV host: report

"A Saudi man divorced his wife for watching alone a television programme presented by a male, an act he deemed immoral, the Al Shams newspaper reported on Saturday.

The man, whom the paper did not identify, ended his marriage on the grounds his wife was effectively alone with an unrelated man, which is forbidden under the strict Islamic law enforced in the ultra-conservative kingdom, the paper said.

Men in Saudi Arabia have the authority to divorce their wives without resort to the courts."

Yahoo/AFP, September 29 2007

No driver's licence needed for religious missions

"She's never had a driver's license and doesn't need one, West said as she represented herself Friday in Douglas County District Court.

"I was not operating a vehicle; I was exercising my right to travel," West, 21, told Judge Robert Fairchild. "I was in a private vessel on a religious mission."

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According to Godsent and information he presented to reporters outside court, the couple belong to a group that claims the U.S. is not a country but a foreign corporation that has invaded America. They are concerned about implanted identification chips and say sovereign Americans are being forced to choose between God's law and man's law."

LJworld.com, September 1, 2007

Wife urged man to die for jihad, court told

"A young wife urged her husband to die waging jihad, and offered herself and her baby son as martyrs, a court heard yesterday.

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The letter which the court heard was written by Ms El Hor to her husband stated: "The moment has come that you and I have to separate for the sake of Allah.
"I am happy that Allah has granted you the chance to be a martyr ... I wish I could go with you because I too feel obligated.
"Maybe one day I can follow you. If I can't, I will send our son to you so he can follow his father's footsteps."

The Guardian, May 31, 2007