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Book Description
Ian Buruma returns to his native land to explore the great dilemma of our time through the story of the brutal murder of controversial Dutch filmmaker Theo van Gogh at the hands of an Islamic extremist. It was the emblematic crime of our moment: On a cold November day in Amsterdam, an angry young MContinue
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guardian.co.uk published on Sat, 25 Sep 2010
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Faith and Death
Ian Buruma addresses questions of political philosophy, moral accountability and mass psychology in the most rigorous possible way: journalistically. In books on topics as varied as English national character, German and Japanese war guilt and the Ch ... (read full critics)
nytimes published on Sat, 18 Sep 2010
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This book surprised me. In a politically correct Europe where it’s still taboo to criticize multiculturalism and relativism, Buruma points out the failures of the Dutch society in integrating the immigrants and their children, especially Muslims. Young Muslims are encouraged to study hard to excel i ... (continue)
Doppelganger said on Jul 9, 2010 | Add your feedback
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Ian Buruma returns to his native Dutch land to uncover the developments following Theo Van Gogh's murder. Van Gogh is murdered by Mohammed Bouyeri, a 26 year old Dutch-Moroccan for having directed a provocative movie "Submission" about women in Islam along with Ayaan Hirsi Ali. Ian attempts at und ... (continue)
Swetha Balla said on Oct 19, 2009 | Add your feedback
Book Details
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- English Books
- Hardcover 288 Pages
- Edition: 1
- ISBN-10: 1594201080
- ISBN-13: 9781594201080
- Publisher: Penguin Press HC, The
- Pub date: Sep 07, 2006
- Dimensions: 1355 mm x 968 mm x 194 mm Just how big is that?
- Also available as: Paperback
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To face the facts beyond the veil
Murder in Amsterdam by Ian Buruma Atlantic Books £12.99, pp256 What's your view of the niqab? I bet you've got one and I bet you've been asked, because you can't pass a water-cooler without being hauled over to join the controversy. I was asked my op ... (read full critics)