![]() After reading this book, it will become even clearer what the world has lost by her assassination. Benazir Bhutto, not the extremists who killed her, represented the vast majority of Pakistani Muslims and this book is a reminder of how much we have lost. Bhutto presents an image of modern Islam that defies the negative caricatures often seen in the West. Her optimiism about the future of Islam and democracy seems deeply dependent on her rationalistic approach to these issues. Reconciliation is the story of a courageous woman and her struggle for democracy and moderation in Islam. She speaks out not just to the West but also to the Muslims across the globe. 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 lie at the heart of her religion. ![]() 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 two hundred of her compatriots. "Reconciliation" offers a realistic overview of ways to bridge the cultural, political, and economic chasms that separate these differing cultures.īenazir Bhutto returned to Pakistan in October 2007, after eight years of exile, hopeful that she could be a catalyst for change. ![]() Before her untimely death, the former Prime Minister of Pakistan wrote of the rapidly growing tension between Islam and the West. ![]()
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