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Based upon French-Iranian journalist Freidoune Sahebjam's 1984 book of the same name, The Stoning of Soraya M. tells the true tragic story of a woman stoned to death after her sorry-ass husband and his pathetic cohorts, including one shady mutha of a mullah, concoct a devious plot to falsely accuse and convict her of adultery - punishable by death under Sharia law. 

Soraya's slimy husband wants to be rid of her because he's hot-rocks to marry and fak a 14 year old girl which'd be statutory rape in the civilized world but not in faked up places ruled by Sharia law. While Soraya'd be relieved to be rid of the loser who rapes her since she isn't interested in sleeping with the revolting beast that frequents prostitutes, she demands financial support for their 2 daughters if she's to concede to a divorce. Being the responsible, honorable creature he isn't, Soraya's husband circumvents possible negotiation, divorce lawyer fees(kidding), and financial obligation when he decides this'd go a hell of a lot more smoothly if she were dead - hence the deceitful plot to wrongfully frame her with adultery.

What faks me off most about this film is not the fact it highlights the barbaric punishment ordained via Sharia law. Usually, the religious element is what faks me off most. Don't get me wrong; the religious, barbaric element faks me off. However, in this case, what faks me off more than anything is the blatant hypocrisy exhibited by gutless men who lie and scheme simply to make it easier for Soraya's husband to take and rape his new 14 year old wife. This loathsome gang throws their hands up in the air as if they're obligated to carry out Allah's ordained punishment for the ‘crime' they know damn well this woman didn't commit since they made the whole thing up. They act as if Allah's tied their hands in the same way they will Soraya's before forcing her into the hole where they'll cowardly bombard her with stones until she dies for being a woman who dared to challenge a man.

Almost poetically - at least for me given my abhorrence for all things religious - the award for the film's most despicable character must go to the holier than thou mullah who, earlier in the film, propositions Soraya to be his whore/sigheh/temporary wife. Surprisingly, given his Johnny Depp sex appeal, honorable Soraya rejects his advances. It merely fuels the hard-on he carries for her throughout the film as he participates in the infantile games played by men with no stones who stone a woman who refused to make it easy for one of them to have their way.