Murder in Amsterdam, the death of Theo van Gogh and the limits of tolerance, Ian Buruma
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Murder in Amsterdam, the death of Theo van Gogh and the limits of tolerance, Ian Buruma
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eng
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Adult
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non fiction
Main title
Murder in Amsterdam
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Ian Buruma
Sub title
the death of Theo van Gogh and the limits of tolerance
Summary
On a cold November day in Amsterdam, an angry young Muslim man shot and killed Dutch filmmaker Theo van Gogh, great-grandnephew of Vincent, for making a movie with the vocally anti-Islam Somali-born Dutch politician Ayaan Hirsi Ali which 'blashphemed' Islam. The murder horrified quiet, complacent, prosperous Holland, a country that prides itself on being bastion of tolerance, and sent shock waves across Europe and around the world. Shortly thereafter, Ian Buruma returned to his native country to try to make sense of it all and to see what larger meaning should and shouldn't be drawn from this story.<P><I> "A bleakly brilliant book." - </i>Daily Telegraph
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