2 MARCH 1934, Page 20

CHRISTIANITY AND CONDUCT [To the Editor of Tim SPECTATOR.] S1R,—May

I be allowed to point out that the Imam of the London Mosque appears to have made a slip in stating that " the English law allows a husband to seek divorce by proving the wife's adultery," and that this appears to be based upon the words of Christ Himself : ". Whosoever shall put away his wife, saving for the cause of fornication, causeth her to commit adultery."

Christ here states that " fornication "—i.e., pre-marital unchastity, not " adultery "—is the only cause for putting away a wife (see Matt. i. 18-19). This is clearly shown in a pamphlet by a scholar of Eastern languages—viz., the late F. S. Stooke-Vaughan. This explanation upholds the sug- gestion that the English divorce law is opposed to the Christian ideal of family life.—I am, Sir, &c.,