I want to try and understand why so many people commit crimes in the Name of identity," writes Amin Maalouf.
Moving across the world\'s history, faiths, and politics, he argues.
All too often, however, the notion of identity--personal, religious, ethnic, or national--has given rise to heated passions and even massive crimes.
Identity is the crucible out of which we come: our background, our race, our gender, our tribal affiliations, our religion (or lack thereof), all go into making up who we are.
I want to try and understand why so many people commit crimes in the Name of identity," writes Amin Maalouf