The Journalist and the Jihadi The Murder of Daniel Pearl (2006)

This revealing documentary directed by Ahmed A Jamal and Ramesh Sharma chronicles the series of events and opposing cultural forces surrounding the shocking kidnapping and murder of humanist and NFiWall Street JournalNFi reporter Daniel Pearl by radical Muslim militant Omar Sheikh Interviews with Pearls family friends and coworkers as well as conversations with US and Pakistani officials shed light on the motives behind the stunning tragedy