Murder in Amsterdam. Not any murder. The murder of a director, a public figure. Why? He made a movie not everyone agreed with. He made a movie about the Muslim faith. I was talking about Ayaan Hirsi Ali's "Infidel: My Life" last week. This is the guy who had made the movie "Submission" together with the Somali-born feminist, activist, writer, politician. Ian Buruma, a British-Dutch writer, tries to explain the events in his book.
The book gives a good insight into Dutch culture and immigration.
We discussed this in our international book club in December 2007.
Read more on my original posts here.
Sounds like a very interesting book. Though it's still hard to believe people would want to murder someone just for making a movie.
ReplyDeletePeople are crazy, Lark. If you don't believe what I believe, I have to kill you. How sad their lives must be.
DeleteAnd lonely, don't you think? That kind of attitude just shuts you off from other people.
DeleteOh, definitely, Lark. That might be part of their problem.
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