A groundbreaking composer of classical music has written a memorial piece for murdered Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl:

LONDON (Reuters) – Composer Steve Reich does not expect his memorial piece for Daniel Pearl to stop what he calls the “medieval religious war” that claimed the reporter’s life.
He just wants to keep Pearl’s name alive.
Approaching his 70th birthday on Tuesday, Reich, known as a founder of minimalism in classical music, shows no signs of slowing down or tempering his views.
“If anybody had told me 20 years ago you’re going to be approaching 70 and worrying about a medieval religious war that could destroy New York City, I’d have said, ‘Hey get a good shrink or have a few drinks and forget all this stuff’.
“But sad to say, it’s come to be reality,” he told Reuters.
Reich thinks Islamic militants are even now trying to get an atomic bomb into his native city. He also blames them for the murder of an innocent man, the 38-year-old Pearl.

The piece will premiere in London on October 8.