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Jihad follows twisted path from Afghanistan to Israel
Jihad follows twisted path from Afghanistan to Israel.
Quartet of Movies to Tell Pearl’s Story
Filmmakers are currently wrestling with four different projects to document or dramatize the story of Daniel Pearl, the Wall Street Journal reporter beheaded by Islamic extremists in Pakistan in early 2002, leaving behind a pregnant wife.
What Musharraf Should Say to Jews
Dialogue between Jews and Muslims is a necessary step toward easing world tension, and we are therefore pleased that Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf has addressed the American Jewish Congress last weekend in New York.
Honest Reporting
\”When you look at us, all you see is Osama bin Laden.\” I had to admit, Walid al-Saqaf had a point.
Israel Growing as Arms Dealer
To every black cloud, they say, there is a silver lining. Under constant threat from terrorists and hostile neighbors, Israel has become an expert in security — and that expertise is generating huge profits.
Tracks of the Missing Ten
On a rocky hillside in Mardan, Pakistan, in the 1990s, filmmaker Simcha Jacobovici stared in awe at a hulking pillar covered with faded script. The stone was an ancient propaganda sign, one of many that had been placed throughout a Buddhist empire 2,300 years ago. But while the other stones appeared in Sanskrit, the archaic language on this tablet was Aramaic.
The Chosen One
I believed Daniel Pearl was dead all along.
Weeks before the U.S. government confirmed his death, I thought it unlikely he would return alive. I returned in December from reporting for the Village Voice from Pakistan, exhausted from being stoned, punched and chased by Islamic fundamentalists. I was burned out — and burned literally — from being pushed into one too many burning George Bush effigies, weary from having to repeatedly explain that Americans do not hate Muslims, and that \”no, it\’s not true that we enjoy seeing dead Afghan children on television.\”
Remembering Danny
When Daniel Pearl was a baby, his parents noticed a curious omission in his genetic makeup — he was born entirely without malice.
A ‘Barbaric’ Act
Was Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl killed because he was Jewish?.
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