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12 the markham economist sun culture saturday june 3 2006 murdered journalists father calls for understanding high school students hear judea pearl by simone joseph staff writer the murder of daniel pearl is a tragedy that must not be repeated mr pearls father judea told thorn- hill secondary school students last week we have a historical obligation to make sure such atrocities dont happen again he said daniel pearl was a wall street journal reporter who was kid napped and murdered by terrorists in pakistan in early 2002 just four months after the terrorist attacks of 911 following his death the daniel pearl foundation was formed in his memory the foundations mission pro moting crosscultural understand- ing through journalism music and innovative communications as part of the foundations work prof judea pearl and akbar ahmed who heads the islamic studies pro gram at american university in washington talked about mus limjewish relations in the middle east about 300 high school students watched as prof pearl and mr ahmed rarely disagreed both com municating the need for dialogue and understanding but when it came time for ques tions students wanted to know more you make it seem so easy to get history is full of ups and downs there are times of conflict and confrontation there are also times of compassion and peace akbar ahmed american university along why are there so many con flicts between arabs and jews read the question of one unidenti fied student the conflict was partially devel oped by the creation of israel mr pearl said two different paradigms nat urally clash he said prof ahmed also provided a reminder that the two groups have not always sparred history is full of ups and downs there are times of conflict and con frontation there are also times of compassion and peace he said grade 12 student adam saperia was surprised to hear two men from such different backgrounds describe each other as friends talking about each other as friends is so different than what you see in most forms of media or tele vision shows it is so often publi cized as a battle between the two mr saperia said valerie platitsa 18 said she had seen the two men speaking on the bbc before and was glad they touched on the history between muslims and jews about 300 high school students listened to journalist daniel pearls father speak about his sons murder correction notice panasonic 58 ghz digital expandable phone 10073044 due to a lack of inventory this product will not be available as advertised on pg 6 of our june 2 flyer it will be available in the third week of june we sincerely apologize lor any inconvenience this may have caused our valued customers comfort that wont let you down anewcbrrifbrim high efficiency air conditioner could sdveybubgbucksl i j moneysaving i jr energy efficiencies mttit quiet efficient pre efficiency operation stateoftheart scroll compressor technology excellent extended warranty protection convenient financing options comfort with confidence comforfmaker abe m hmu 2000 international comfort products wwwcomfortmakercom call today for a free estimate split systems hvac markham 9059279914 toli free 18664824822 wwwsplitsystemsca tssa contractor a safer community is your call cash rewards for anonymous tips on crime 1 800222tips wwwcrimestoppersyrca this message brought to you as a community service of the economistsuntribune j