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The Stoning of Soraya M. | 
 enlarge | Author: Freidoune Sahebjam
Publisher: Arcade Publishing
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  5 reviews
Sales Rank: 341370
Media: Hardcover
Edition: 1st English-language ed
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 144
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Dimensions (in): 8 x 5.4 x 0.8
ISBN: 1559702338
Dewey Decimal Number: 306.7360955
EAN: 9781559702331
ASIN: 1559702338
Publication Date: January 14, 1994
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Recreates the painful ordeal of a woman stoned to death in modern Iran based on her husband's accusation of adultery, laying bare a painful miscarriage of justice and the disparity of rights between the genders in Muslim society.
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Soraya, Fact & Fiction February 13, 2008
This is a well written, compelling account of the ugliness of fundamentalist Islamic mob justice in Khomeini-era Iran. With no way of verifying its complete veracity - e.g., the author writes about Soraya's thoughts from her pit of impending slaughter - there is nothing in this book that conflicts with Islam's teachings through its Koran, Hadiths, and most importantly, the Sunnah of Mohammad. I'm pretty well numbed to the horror stories coming out of Islam, because of the conditioning of reading al kortoby, al tobary, ibn katheer, Jalalayn, and Ibn Abass (all available online), but this book still ripped at my heart with the mystery and tragedy of it all.
Of benefit to me, and maybe others, is it is a very fast read. Good backround on this village provides a foundational understanding (as much as anyone not living under Sharia can understand) of the herd-mentality, the dangers of its gender apartheid, and the absolute suffocating environment such ignorance breeds.
Fact or fiction, or a little of both, this story opens up a painful glimpse into a society so steeped in the misogynist teachings of Islam, it should drive us all into more than just a casual peek into the Koran. Dig deep into Ishaq, read Bukhari and Muslim as needed, then scratch your head that any religion so ensconced in 7th century superstition, is now a world threat.
 Truth that needs airing March 8, 2002
8 out of 9 found this review helpful
In response to a book that documents utter barbarity occuring in Iran, Ariana chooses to spit at the West. Sorry Ariana, this is your cultural tradition, you have to account for it or change it. It is very telling that ARIANA writes from SWEDEN, a civilized country that respects human rights and women's rights in particular. Perhaps the available Islamic paradises are not to Ariana's taste. Unfortunately Sharia law, an invention of Islam is spreading in Nigeria and is very present in Sudan where stonings just like this are occurring now in March of 2002. The author was brave to document this atrocity and should be commended.
 Don't feel sorry for us. May 17, 2001
5 out of 25 found this review helpful
I'm an iranian women who has a strong opnion about this book. First of all, it makes me sick, almost as much as when I read this book, to have to listen to americans and other non-iranians to talk about how iranian culture must change. There is NOTHING wrong with iranian culture thank you very much, we like it a lot.. However must these 22 year old laws (yhays how old they are) in Iran allows such crime against human beings, including stoning BOTH men AND women (guess you didn't know that, did you???) And these laws will change, there are people in iranians prisons right this minute who are in there only because they have tried to make the country democratic. And they (we) will succed sooner or later (hopefully without another interference from the big country in the west). Yes, the laws suck, but reasons why writers like Fereydoun Sahebjaam or movie makers like Jafar Panahi brings up this subjects is not for world to feel sorry for Iranian women (and men who also suffer) but to know what's going on. These moviemakers and writers put their lifes at stake to help us, not to bring down our culture who all iranians love. And for all of you who think: "Well wasn't it nice of betty mahmoody(when will she change her last name?) to write about iranian womens situation", then I have only one thing to say. If she had wrote a similar book about lets say our jewish brothers and sister then that book would have not make it to the market. It would have been considered anti-semitic but I guess we're not that lucky. Like I said, this book is about power abuse NOT about culture. After all, the american soldier raping women in Vietnam(an example) wasn't a cultural act was it? I didn't think so. Ariana (=daughter of Iran)
A tragic story not unheard of in other parts of the world April 8, 1999
4 out of 21 found this review helpful
You will be shocked by this sotry if you have basically adhered to la-la land stories and main stream best seller novels. Otherwise if you have travelled and have read other similar tragic stories and crimes committed again woman in most parts of the world, this is just another barbaric tragedy. What I found amazing was the review of the American reader who wrote that next time he/she hears "fuzzy nonsense about accepting all cultural diversity" he/she will remember this book.... How typical of an American to judge and comment on a culture and cultural diversity by just reading one book about it. Aren't similar crimes happening on a daily basis all over the world? If I remember correctly from living in the States for 7 years, New York City used to be called the world's murder capitat. Are gang rapes and murders that unheard of in the States? This book is not about an acceptable ritual or custom in Iran; this book is about dark crimes committed against single individuals.
Excellant book that needs to be read by more Americans January 21, 1999
11 out of 13 found this review helpful
Well written, factual and horrific account of how, in many countries today, religion has been twisted to suit the needs of certain people, namely men. Having lived in a few Muslim countries, I can factually state that this sort of event is not that uncommon. It is, however, uncommon, and most likely unknown in the Western world. The reason this book is so good is that hopefully it will bring more exposure to what is happening in these third world countries. Maybe by exposing it more and more, it will, eventually, be eradicated.
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