Murder in Amsterdam: The Death of Theo van Gogh and the Limits of Tolerance
Ian Buruma
288 pages, Hardcover
ISBN: 1594201080
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Language: English
Publish: 1157612400000
CrimeEuropean HistoryHistoryIslamNonfictionPoliticsReligionSchoolTerrorismTrue Crime
Traces the murder of the controversial Dutch filmmaker and great-grandnephew of Vincent van Gogh by an angry Muslim immigrant’s son who promptly committed ritual suicide, describing how the event sent shock waves throughout Europe and tested the boundaries of the secular west’s tolerance of other cultures.