In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
MDI
MDI, Markaz-ud-Dawa-wal-Irshad
(noun) a Sunni organization formed in 1989 and based in Pakistan; opposes missionary groups from the United States; has Lashkar-e-Tayyiba as its armed wing
Source: WordNet® 3.1
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