Murder in Amsterdam: Liberal Europe, Islam and the Limits of Tolerance

Murder in Amsterdam: Liberal Europe, Islam and the Limits of Tolerance - Paperback

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Murder in Amsterdam: Liberal Europe, Islam and the Limits of Tolerance - Paperback

Murder in Amsterdam: Liberal Europe, Islam and the Limits of Tolerance - Paperback

by Ian Buruma
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by Ian Buruma (Author)

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.

Author Biography

Ian Buruma is editor of The New York Review of Books. His previous books include 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.

Number of Pages: 288
Dimensions: 0.54 x 7.74 x 5.32 IN
Publication Date: September 01, 2007
ISBN9780143112365
Author Ian Buruma
PublisherPenguin Publishing Group
GenreHistory and Education
FormatPaperback
PublishedSeptember 2007
LanguageENG- English
Pages288
Weight1.0 lb
Target AudienceAdults
Print SizeStandard Print

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Ian Buruma was born in the Netherlands. He studied Chinese at Leiden University and cinema at Nihon University, Tokyo. He has lived and worked in Tokyo, Hong Kong, London, and New York. He is a regular contributor to Harper's and The New Yorker and writes monthly columns for Project Syndicate. He is a professor at Bard College and lives in New York City.

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