The Stoning of Soraya M. is a difficult film to watch, but worth taking the time to do so. The film, which several CEI colleagues and I saw at a preview screening last night, depicts the stoning death of a young Iranian woman falsely accused of adultery. It highlights the outrage that the barbaric practice of stoning continues to occur anywhere, but at times does more than that.
The film illustrates the way in which a closed, illiberal society can close…
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