num_pages: 288
description: A revelatory look at what happens when political Islam collides with the secular WestIan 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.
language: English
title: Murder in Amsterdam: Liberal Europe, Islam, and the Limits of Tolerance
titlecomplete: Murder in Amsterdam: Liberal Europe, Islam, and the Limits of Tolerance
characters: Theo van Gogh (1957-2004)
genres: Islam, True Crime, Crime, History, School, Religion, European History, Politics, Journalism, Nonfiction
ratings_count: 1613
awards: awardedAt: 1136102400000
name: Los Angeles Times Book Prize
category: Current Interest, awardedAt: 1167638400000
name: Samuel Johnson Prize for Non-Fiction
publisher: Penguin Books