This is the true story of Soraya, who was stoned to death in Iran for a "crime" she did not commit. Soraya's husband has become bored with her and needs a way to get rid of her, yet his greediness does not want to give up the dowry he received from her. After a close friend of Soraya's dies, she helps to take care of her family she left behind. Her husband uses this to claim that she has commited adultary. According to Islamic "law", if a woman is accused of adultary, it is she who must prove her innocence. Knowing that men have control of everything, Soraya knows she is doomed, even though she is innocent. Soraya is very close with her aunt, a very outspoken woman, despite the fact that men rule the land. The journalist was told the story through the eyes of the aunt.
The story was a quick read, barely being over 100 pages. Yet it was powerful enough to make me sad, angry, and greatful all at the same time. What happens to this young woman is heart wrenching. To die for something that you didn't do is one thing, but to die in the manner that she did and then be disrepected as a human being even after death is horrible. I'm so angry that these people have the nerve to use religion to back their horrendous crimes. To say that God wanted her to die by being stoned is dispicable. These men have the nerve to call themselves men of God while making up own laws that suit their wants. Reading this story made me greatful that I was born into the country that I was born into. Most of these women in smaller villages in these countries have no clue that how they are being treated is wrong and inhumane.
