![]() ![]() Bhutto presents an image of modern Islam that defies the negative caricatures often seen in the West. 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. “One of the most gripping and important books of our era.” - Walter Isaacsonīenazir Bhutto returned to Pakistan in October 2007, after eight years of exile, hopeful that she could be a catalyst for change. The goal the great hope of the militants is a collision, an explosion between the values of the West and what the extremists claim to be the values of Islam. We owe it to her-and to ourselves-to listen, comprehend, and act.” - Madeleine Albright A courageous woman-tragically killed-speaks to us of reconciliation. Former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto, the chairperson of the Pakistan Peoples Party, was seen as vital to that countrys future. “It is impossible to understand today’s world without knowing Pakistan and impossible to understand Pakistan without reading this book. ![]()
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