CELEBRATION OF LIFE DANIEL PEARL URGED 'RESPECT FOR ALL PEOPLE'.Byline: Dana Bartholomew Staff Writer One year after the slaying of Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl
Daniel Pearl (October 10, 1963 – February 1, 2002) was an American journalist who was kidnapped and murdered in Karachi, Pakistan. , family, friends and world dignitaries gathered Thursday to condemn the madness of his murder and unite against intolerance. Pearl, a one-time San Fernando Valley San Fernando Valley Valley, southern California, U.S. Northwest of central Los Angeles, the valley is bounded by the San Gabriel, Santa Susana, and Santa Monica mountains and the Simi Hills. resident killed by Arab extremists in Pakistan, was hailed as a man dedicated to bringing joy, understanding and peace to the world. ``The special significance of Danny's death lies not in the fact he was a journalist with an expectant wife, killed in cold blood, but because of what he represented ... modernity, openness, pluralism and a respect for all people,'' said Judea Pearl Judea Pearl is a computer scientist and statistician, best known for his prominent work on the probabilistic approach to artificial intelligence, and in particular on Bayesian networks (see the article on belief propagation) and causal reasoning (see the article on Causality). , Daniel's father and president of the Daniel Pearl Foundation. The interfaith memorial service held at the Museum of Tolerance The Museum of Tolerance is a multimedia museum in Los Angeles, California, with an associated museum in New York City, designed to examine racism and prejudice in the United States and the world with a strong focus on the history of the Holocaust. featured a candle-lighting ceremony, music and tributes by the consuls general of Israel and Pakistan; representatives of Gov. Gray Davis and the King Fahd Mosque; and Rabbi Marvin Hier, dean and founder of the Simon Wiesenthal Center  This article is currently semi-protected to prevent sock puppets of currently blocked or banned users from editing it. . The Children of the World Choir and violinist Miamon Miller filled the museum with odes to Pearl, a gregarious master of the electric violin An electric violin is a violin equipped with an electronic output of its sound. The term can refer to a standard violin fitted with an electric pickup of some type, or to an instrument purposely made to be electrified with built-in pickups, usually with a solid body. . ``Daniel Pearl is no longer amongst us, but millions will rise to take his place and carry proudly his banner - to hold firm to his principles that a man created in the image of God is a man whose teacher is truth, whose foe is hatred, whose inspiration is faith, who knows that for every achievement there is a price, for every goal an opponent, and for every triumph a sacrifice,'' Hier said. The memorial at the Simon Wiesenthal Center museum, attended by an estimated 300 guests, launched worldwide services in such cities as New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of , Toronto, London, Paris and Jerusalem. Pearl was kidnapped while on assignment in Karachi on Jan. 23, 2002, in the wake of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks in New York and the Pentagon. His death was confirmed Feb. 21, 2002. Pearl, a Birmingham High School Birmingham High School is a public coeducational high school in the neighborhood/district of Lake Balboa in the San Fernando Valley section of the city of Los Angeles, California. The school is a part of District One of the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD). honors student who graduated in 1981, was abducted abducted Distal angulation of an extremity away from the midline of the body in a transverse plane and away from a sagittal plane passing through the proximal aspect of the foot or part, or away from some other specified reference point while working on a story about a possible link between shoe-bomber Richard Reid and the al-Qaida terrorist network. In Pakistan, Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh (Urdu: احمد عمر سعید شیخ) (sometimes known as Omar Sheikh, Sheikh Omar[1], Sheik Syed[2] , a notorious British-born Muslim extremist, was tried and convicted of Pearl's murder and sentenced to death July 15. The sentence is being appealed. ``The nation of Pakistan is aggrieved,'' said Raana Rahim, consul general of Pakistan. ``I come here to offer the hand of friendship, to build the bridge of peace.'' Judea Pearl said the heart of the memorial is an invitation to the entire community, to people of all faiths, to come together in harmony, to feel secure with one another and to stand against evil. The foundation, which Pearl and his wife, Ruth, head, has been the rallying point for efforts to continue their son's legacy. The foundation plans to bring a Pakistani journalist to the United States, will sponsor youth writing contests that emphasize cultural understanding and respect, and will host a Daniel Pearl Music Day on Oct. 10 to mark what would have been his 40th birthday, and other events. Zvi Vapni, deputy consul general of Israel said: ``Danny was motivated by this noble pursuit ... that eventually the good in man would triumph. He represented all that was good and just.'' CAPTION(S): 2 photos Photo: (1) Michelle Pearl, Daniel Pearl's sister, lights a candle at her brother's memorial service while their parents, Ruth and Judea Pearl, watch. The journalist was killed a year ago in Pakistan. (2) The Children of the World Choir sings at the memorial service for journalist Daniel Pearl, at the Museum of Tolerance. Evan Yee/Staff Photographer |
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