From: "Simon Wiesenthal Center" <[log in to unmask]>
To: "Yigal Levin" <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: We Remember Daniel
Date: Wed, 22 Jan 2003 23:48:17 -0800


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  We Remember Daniel



<link> January 23, 2003 marks one year since the brutal kidnapping of Wall
Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl in Karachi, Pakistan by Islamic
terrorists. Less than one month later he was murdered by his captors. The
vicious interrogations of Daniel and his 'execution' were even videotaped
and distributed by his captors. The murderers were proud of their heinous
crime and hoped to incite others to follow in their bloody footsteps.

Why was Daniel murdered? Because he was a Jew!

One year later, we ask you to join the Wiesenthal Center in sending a
message of solidarity to Daniel's parents in their time of grief and to let
them know that they are not alone; to assure them as they prepare for
Daniel's yahrtzeit (annual memorial for a loved one), people of good will
the world over - Buddhists, Christians, Hindus, Moslems and Jews - share in
the family's grief and in the hope that the values of humanity that guided
Daniel Pearl in life will ultimately triumph over the forces of hate and
religious bigotry that took his life and threaten world peace.

We invite you to light a virtual candle in Daniel's memory and encourage
you to ask your community to remember Daniel in your services during the
weekend of February 21-23rd, which marks the one-year anniversary of his
death.

Thank you.



Dr. Yigal Levin
Dept. of Philosophy and Religion
University of Tennessee at Chattanooga
615 McCallie Avenue
Chattanooga TN 37403-2598
U.S.A.