Tag: Daniel Pearl
The invisible victims of jihadi violence
The death of Ruth Pearl at the age of 85 reminds us once again of the unspeakable horror that was visited upon Ruth and her family, and which served as a particularly dreadful wake-up call for...
Ruth Pearl, mother of slain Jewish journalist Daniel Pearl, dies at 85
Ruth Pearl, the mother of slain Wall Street Journal journalist Daniel Pearl, died on July 20 at the age of 85.
In 2002, Ruth Pearl and her husband, Judea Pearl, were thrust into international attention after Al-Qaeda...
Pakistan’s Supreme Court frees men convicted of Daniel Pearl’s murder
Pakistan’s Supreme Court on Thursday dismissed an appeal against the acquittal of Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh, who was sentenced to death in 2002 for the murder of U.S. journalist Daniel Pearl and ordered his...
Pakistani Supreme Court rules Daniel Pearl’s murderer to stay in prison
The four men convicted—and freed and rearrested earlier this year—in the 2002 kidnapping and murder of Wall Street Journal Jewish reporter Daniel Pearl in Pakistan will remain behind bars for another three months, ruled Pakistan’s Supreme Court on Wednesday.
“The court...
State Department: ‘There must be justice’ for slain Jewish journalist Daniel Pearl
The U.S. State Department called for “justice” one day after Pakistan’s Supreme Court refused to suspend a lower court’s ruling freeing Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh, who was convicted of being part of the 2002 killing in...
Pakistani Supreme Court paves way to free man convicted of Pearl’s murder
Pakistan’s Supreme Court on Monday refused to suspend a lower court’s ruling freeing Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh, who was convicted of being part of the 2002 killing in Pakistan of Wall Street Journal Jewish journalist Daniel Pearl, paving...
Pakistan rearrests four men acquitted in Daniel Pearl murder case
The four men acquitted in the 2002 kidnapping and murder of Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Peal in Pakistan have been rearrested and will remain in custody pending prosecutors appealing the ruling in the country’s Supreme...
Daniel Pearl’s murderer gets ready for freedom
Even now, 18 years after his murder at the hands of terrorists in Pakistan, there is no better symbol of the ideological intersection between Islamism, anti-Semitism and hatred of the United States than Daniel...