Mariane Pearl — A Spirit of Defiance

On Being with Krista Tippett

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4.7 • 10.2K Ratings

🗓️ 29 April 2004

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Summary

In this close-up look at the human dynamics of the war on terror, our guest speaks about her husband, journalist Daniel Pearl, who was murdered in Pakistan shortly after 9/11. She talks about Buddhism, her ethic of spiritual defiance, and her hopes for the future.

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0:00.0	I'm Chris DeTippet.
0:03.0	Today, a spirit of defiance.
0:05.8	My guest, Marianne Pearl, was married to the Wall Street Journal correspondent Daniel
0:10.4	Pearl, who was murdered by al-Qaeda operatives in Pakistan in 2002.
0:15.7	A film based on her memoir, A Mighty Heart, opens in theaters this month.
0:20.9	Daniel Pearl was killed in part because he was American and Jewish.
0:26.1	Marianne Pearl, a Buddhist, speaks this hour about making sense of her husband's murder
0:32.2	and her spiritual ethic on what she calls the front lines of the war on terror.
0:38.1	Danny and I were very, very aware of what was going on.
0:42.4	I think Danny knew he could die.
0:44.1	I think he knew he could die.
0:45.4	And I think we both knew that somehow we had to oppose those people.
0:50.2	So he did it in the face of death and I did it in the face of life, you know.
0:53.7	But he's the same, defiance.
0:56.4	This is Speaking of Faith, stay with us.
1:00.1	Look for Chris DeTippet's celebrated new book, A Chronicle of Religion in Our Time.
1:04.3	Speaking of Faith, the book, in bookstores now.
1:08.1	I'm Chris DeTippet.
1:09.7	This month, a film based on Marianne Pearl's memoir, A Mighty Heart, opens in theaters nationwide.
1:16.6	Her husband, Daniel Pearl, was murdered in Pakistan four months after September 11th.
1:22.1	At that time, she was pregnant with their first child.
1:25.6	In our 2004 conversation, Marianne Pearl spoke openly with me
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