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001 2006043606
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005 20070526084301.0
008 060516s2006 nyu b 001 0 eng
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020 $a9781594201080
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050 00 $aDJ91$b.B87 2006
082 00 $a364.152/40892$222
100 1 $aBuruma, Ian.
245 10 $aMurder in Amsterdam :$bthe death of Theo van Gogh and the limits of tolerance /$cIan Buruma.
260 $aNew York :$bPenguin Press,$c2006.
300 $a278 p. ;$c22 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 266-267) and index.
520 $aOn a cold November day in Amsterdam, an angry young Muslim man, the son of Moroccan immigrants, killed celebrated and controversial Dutch filmmaker Theo van Gogh, great-grandnephew of Vincent and iconic European provocateur, for making a movie that "blasphemed" Islam. The murder horrified quiet, complacent, prosperous Holland, a country that prides itself on being a bastion of tolerance, and sent shock waves across Europe and around the world. Ian Buruma returned to his native Netherlands to try to make sense of it all and to see what larger meaning should and shouldn't be drawn from this story. The result is a true-crime page-turner with the intellectual resonance we've come to expect from this well-regarded journalist and thinker: the exemplary tale of our age, the story of what happens when political Islam collides with the secular West and tolerance finds its limits.--From publisher description.
600 10 $aGogh, Theo van,$d1957-2004$xAssassination.
651 0 $aNetherlands$xEthnic relations.
651 0 $aEurope$xEthnic relations.
650 0 $aToleration$zNetherlands$xHistory$y21st century.
650 0 $aToleration$zEurope$xHistory$y21st century.
856 42 $3Publisher description$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0721/2006043606-d.html
856 42 $3Contributor biographical information$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0721/2006043606-b.html