Saturday, November 1, 2008

A 13 Yr-Old Somalian Girl Gets Stoned to Death Because She Was Raped!


What cruel things happen in the name of religion! A child who had barely reached puberty was stoned to death in Somalia on Oct 27.The Stoning of Soraya M. is a powerful piece that takes a closer look at the life of a woman who gets stoned to death.The movie is based in Iran & it hopes to shed light on this issue.It emphasizes the suffering that women go through in other parts of the world. But, the really sad part about the real-life stoning is that the victim was a child.

Here's an excerpt from CNN:

" A 13-year-old girl who said she had been raped was stoned to death in Somalia after being accused of adultery by Islamic militants, a human rights group said."(END OF EXCERPT) Read the rest here:
http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/11/01/amnesty.rape.somalia.ap/index.html

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