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Murder in Amsterdam: Liberal Europe, Islam and the Limits of Tolerance Paperback - 2007
by Ian Buruma
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. Buruma returned to his native land to investigate the shocking event and its larger meaning.
Summary
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.
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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- Title Murder in Amsterdam: Liberal Europe, Islam and the Limits of Tolerance
- Author Ian Buruma
- Binding Paperback
- Edition [ Edition: Repri
- Pages 288
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Penguin Books, E Rutherford, New Jersey, U.S.A.
- Date August 28, 2007
- ISBN 9780143112365 / 0143112368
- Weight 0.44 lbs (0.20 kg)
- Dimensions 7.74 x 5.32 x 0.54 in (19.66 x 13.51 x 1.37 cm)
- Ages 18 to UP years
- Grade levels 13 - UP
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Themes
- Chronological Period: 21st Century
- Cultural Region: Benelux
- Cultural Region: Middle Eastern
- Cultural Region: Western Europe
- Religious Orientation: Islamic
- Dewey Decimal Code 364.152
Media reviews
"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
-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
Citations
- New York Times Book Review, 09/30/2007, Page 28
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