Murder in Amsterdam
Subtitle: the death of Theo van Gogh and the limits of tolerance
By: Ian Buruma
Publisher: W F Howes
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Rearsby
Language: eng
Number of pages: 263
ISBN-13: 9781407409634
Subjects: Assassination; Murder; Islam; Case studies; Motion picture producers and directors; Death; Islamic fundamentalism; Large type books
Description: "On a cold November day in Amsterdam, an angry young Muslim man, Mohammed Bouyeri, the son of Moroccan immigrants, shot and killed the celebrated and controversial Dutch filmmaker Theo van Gogh, great-grandnephew of Vincent and iconic European provocateur, for making a movie with the Dutch politician Ayaan Hirsi Ali that "insulted the prophet Mohammed." After Bouyeri shot Van Gogh, he calmly stood over the body and cut his throat with a curved machete, as if performing a ritual sacrifice, which in a very real sense he was." "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. Shortly thereafter, Ian Buruma returned to the country of his childhood to investigate the event and its larger meaning."--Jacket.
Notes: Originally published: London : Atlantic, 2006.

Includes bibliographical references.