Language eng Summary Bhutto argues that extremism is not inherent to Islam, but that various factors, including some policies of the West, have empowered Islamic fundamentalists and are responsible for the current battle for the hearts, minds and bodies of the Umma (the Islamic nation around the world) Cataloging source StDuBDS 1953-2007 Bhutto, Benazir Dewey number 327.091767 Index no index present LC call number DS383.5. Islamic countries - Foreign relations - Western countries.Western countries - Foreign relations - Islamic countries.Social groups: religious groups & communities.After reading this book, it will become even clearer what the world has lost by her assassination.Label Reconciliation : Islam, democracy, and the West Title Reconciliation Title remainder Islam, democracy, and the West Statement of responsibility Benazir Bhutto Creator Benazir Bhutto returned to Pakistan in October 2007, after eight years of exile, hopeful that she could be a catalyst for change. President Kennedy would have called her a Profile in Courage. In Reconciliation, Bhutto recounts in gripping detail her final months in Pakistan and offers a bold new agenda for how to stem the tide of Islamic radicalism and to rediscover the values of tolerance and justice that lay at the heart of her religion. Benazir Bhutto’s book is a powerful and insightful analysis of the formidable challenges that confronted an extraordinary woman who paid the ultimate price for daring to attempt to bring democracy to Pakistan. But she continued to forge ahead, with more courage and conviction than ever, since she knew that time was running out-for the future of her nation, and for her life. Upon a tumultuous reception, she survived a suicide-bomb attack that killed nearly 200 of her countrymen. From the former Prime Minister of Pakistan, who finished writing this extraordinary book just days before her assassination, comes a groundbreaking vision of how to bridge the widening gap between the Islamic world and the West.īenazir Bhutto returned to Pakistan in October 2007, after eight years of exile, hopeful that she could be a catalyst for change.
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