THE NADRA TRAGEDY

I purchased this book after I heard 'ceramah' in a surau in Selayang some time in 2006. I have sold it over ebay

Good condition

Title: THE NADRA TRAGEDY: THE MARIA HERTOGH CONTROVERSY

Author: HAJA MAIDEEN

Publisher: PELANDUK

Published year: 2002 (new expanded edition)

# of pages: 384

SINOPSIS
Religious fanaticism, race and newly emergent nationalism form a potent backdrop to this gripping, real-life drama about the two women who fought for the custody of a thirteen-year-old girl in the postwar Colony of Singapore.

As a proxy battle between East and West, the grim tale recounted in this book has its fair share of prejudice and mob violence. The tumultuous events which accompanied the legal battle shook the British Colonial Government to its very foundations.

Much could be said about the innocent people who lost their lives in the violence that followed the controversial court decision. But Maria Hertogh, or Nadra as the Muslims called her, was probably the saddest victim. Caught between two worlds she did not completely understand, the effect of the uproar on the child at her most impressionable age was something few of us will ever have to endure.

The author recounts the tragic affair with grace and simplicity, drawing upon exhaustive research in both Singapore and Holland. Today, more than forty-five years after it faded into history, the story provides us with a timely reminder of how easily the very fabric of a society can be ripped apart by the unwise handling of sensitive issues.

A lot of pictures...

Happy reading.