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Murder in Amsterdam by Ian Buruma

Murder in Amsterdam

Liberal Europe, Islam, and the Limits of Tolerence

Liberal Europe, Islam, and the Limits of Tolerence

By Ian Buruma

By Ian Buruma

By Ian Buruma

By Ian Buruma

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    About Murder in Amsterdam

    A revelatory look at what happens when political Islam collides with the secular West

    Ian Buruma’s Murder in Amsterdam is a masterpiece of investigative journalism, a book with the intimacy and narrative control of a crime novel and the analytical brilliance for which Buruma is renowned. On a cold November day in Amsterdam in 2004, the celebrated and controversial Dutch filmmaker Theo van Gogh was shot and killed by an Islamic extremist for making a movie that “insulted the prophet Mohammed.” The murder sent shock waves across Europe and around the world. Shortly thereafter, Ian Buruma returned to his native land to investigate the event and its larger meaning as part of the great dilemma of our time.

    About Murder in Amsterdam

    A revelatory look at what happens when political Islam collides with the secular West

    Ian Buruma’s Murder in Amsterdam is a masterpiece of investigative journalism, a book with the intimacy and narrative control of a crime novel and the analytical brilliance for which Buruma is renowned. On a cold November day in Amsterdam in 2004, the celebrated and controversial Dutch filmmaker Theo van Gogh was shot and killed by an Islamic extremist for making a movie that “insulted the prophet Mohammed.” The murder sent shock waves across Europe and around the world. Shortly thereafter, Ian Buruma returned to his native land to investigate the event and its larger meaning as part of the great dilemma of our time.

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    About Ian Buruma

    Ian Buruma teaches at Bard College. His books include A Tokyo Romance, Their Promised Land, Year Zero, The China Lover, Murder in Amsterdam, Occidentalism, God’s Dust, Behind the Mask, The Wages of Guilt, Bad Elements, and Taming the Gods.

    About Ian Buruma

    Ian Buruma teaches at Bard College. His books include A Tokyo Romance, Their Promised Land, Year Zero, The China Lover, Murder in Amsterdam, Occidentalism, God’s Dust, Behind the Mask, The Wages of Guilt, Bad Elements, and Taming the Gods.

    Product Details

    Category: Politics | Middle Eastern World History | European World History

    Paperback | $17.00
    Published by Penguin Books
    Aug 28, 2007 | 288 Pages | 5-1/16 x 7-3/4 | ISBN 9780143112365

    Category: Politics | Middle Eastern World History | European World History

    Ebook | $7.99
    Published by Penguin Books
    Aug 28, 2007 | 288 Pages | ISBN 9781440620058

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    Praise

    “Fascinating . . . Characteristically vivid and astute.” –Timothy Garton Ash, The New York Review of Books

    “[Murder in Amsterdam] is a work of philosophical and narrative tension, strikingly sharp and brooding, frank and openly curious.” —San Francisco Chronicle

    “Shrewd, subtly argued.” —The New York Times Book Review

    Table Of Contents

    Murder in AmsterdamOne: Holy War in Amsterdam

    Two: Thank You, Pim

    Three: The Healthy Smoker

    Four: A Dutch Tragedy

    Five: Submission

    Six: A Promising Boy

    Seven: In Memoriam

    Postscript
    Acknowledgments
    Notes
    Index

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