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Wednesday, September 27, 2006 12:00 AM

"Murder in Amsterdam"

Ian Buruma's riveting account of the killing of Dutch filmmaker Theo van Gogh by a Muslim extremist shows how a clash between European Enlightenment values and Muslim fundamentalism is ripping Dutch society apart.
By Matt Steinglass

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  • Wednesday, September 27, 2006 11:13 AM

    'Beyond the pale'

    Golden Boy: "...to paint this human rights activist as a front for right-wingers, is beyond the pale."

    Right. I mean, she'd never emigrate to the United States to shill for the American Enterprise Institute, would she?

    —SMac Read SMac's other letters

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