Man applies for Ethiopian wife's PR, gets rejected as woman's divorce from first husband under Sharia law not considered legal in Canada

• Canada rejects PR application of Ethiopian woman married to a Canadian and says her divorce from ex-husband under Sharia law is not considered legal in Canada.
• A Canadian Muslim man was turned down by a visa officer when he wanted to sponsor his Ethiopian wife for a permanent resident visa as the wife's divorce from her first husband was not recognized in Canadian law.
• The divorce was done according to Sharia.