Posted on 02/13/2009 11:48:29 AM PST by LdSentinal
NEW YORK A prominent Buffalo area businessman who founded the BridgesTV network to improve the image of Muslims in the U.S. has been arrested and charged with murdering his estranged wife – by beheading hear at his company’s office on Thursday.
Police have charged the husband, Muzzammil Hassan, 44, with second-degree murder in death of Aasiya Z. Hassan, 37.
In its logo, BridgesTV boasts of “connecting people through understanding” via its dish network. Its Web site quotes comments on the company by Jay Leno, Brian Williams and others, plus a screen shot of a CNBC interview with Hassan conducted by Maria Bartiromo.
The site also shows a picture of Hassan with his slain wife, described as playing “an instrumental role in the creation of Bridges TV since she came up with the idea for the network.”
NPR's "All Things Considered" profile the Hassans in 2004. The segment opened, "A new cable network for Muslim-Americans is up and running in Detroit. Bridges TV says it wants to inform and entertain Muslims and, at the same time, give viewers who aren't Muslims a glimpse into their culture....
"Mo Hassan was traveling from Buffalo to Detroit a few weeks after the September 11th terrorist attacks when his wife came up with the idea for the new network. They were in the car listening to the radio when they heard some derogatory remarks about Muslims."
Programs include kids shows, "American Muslim Teen Talk," Amy Goodman's "Democracy Now" and an interview show with James Zogby. Its new program "brings you balanced coverage from around the world. News you can trust."
The alleged killer is called “Mo S. Hassan” at the web site. He is CEO of the company after stints as a sales rep at Proctor & Gamble and as a banker in Buffalo. He got his MBA at the University of Rochester. The bio concludes: “Mr. Hassan brings to Bridges TV vision, persistence, data-based decision making and financial discipline.”
Police says the wife had an order of protection from the man. A murder weapon has not yet been recovered.
Atleast he'd know where to hide the bodies!
Yeah maybe he was just cleaning his ax and it went off...
through the air and landed accidently wedged in her neck...
Ya gotta be careful...
Ax control laws coming right up...
I wonder if he thought the feng shui was better after he got done?
Now you’d think those TV purveyors of tawdry crime trash on PrimeTimeTV like Susteren and Grace and others would highlight this as a prime indicator of the violence against women in the Islami community. But, NOOOOOO!
I remember this ballyhooed channel launch.
“I think 2nd degree means that he it wasn’t pre-meditated. Like, they got in an argument and he beheaded her by accident.
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Oh, I see. So, somewhere between knocking her to the ground, holding her on the floor, reaching for the knife, pulling her hair back so her neck was exposed, then pulling her head back, and beginning to slit her throat, there was no premeditation. Gotcha’! Makes sense to me. Maybe her neck fell UP against the knife too . . . then it would be suicide.
LMAO!!!
“. . . he beheaded her by accident.”
Ayup; happens all the time.
/yes, humor/
Bridges TV says it wants to .....give viewers who aren’t Muslims a glimpse into their culture....
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Well the viewers cant complain of false advertising...
I can hardly wait to see this story it headlined in the MSM.
/sarcasm
I guess, like in the gun control situation, “criminal control” would be more effective,
in this case, instead of axe control, we need “muslim control”.
This ought to advance the cause further.
I wonder what this event will do to ratings?
Marry a faithful mohammedan “man”, you sign your death warrant.
Feng shui master???
What did he do -- rearrange the furniture and his family all tripped over the recently moved sofa and broke their necks?
So bizarre, I expected to see “satire”
The whole islam thing is satire.
So, what is NPR going to call the program now, “All Things Disconnected”?
I got this e-mail this morning. While the original remarks of the Australian PM, John Howard, are expanded somewhat by the person who wrote this...Snopes basically says the gist is “True”. I don’t know if this is like Dan Rather saying the document is false but he believes the story to be true, but I wish we would actually start acting like what is described.
Date: Wed, 4 Feb 2009 15:16:05 -0500Muslims who want to live under Islamic Sharia law were told to get out of Australia , as the government targeted radicals, to head off potential terror attacks Prime Minister John Howard Australia Muslims who want to live under Islamic Sharia law were told on Wednesday to getout of Australia , as the government targeted radicals in a bid to head off potential terror attacks.
Separately, Howard angered some Australian Muslims on Wednesday by saying hesupported spy agencies monitoring the nation’s mosques. Quote: ‘IMMIGRANTS, NOT AUSTRALIANS, MUST ADAPT.” Take It Or Leave It. I am tired of this nation worrying about whether we are offending some individual or their culture. Since the terrorist attacks on Bali, we have experienced a surge in patriotism by the majority of Australians.’’
This culture has been developed over two centuries of struggles, trials and victories by millions of men and women who have sought freedom’ ‘We speak mainly ENGLISH, not Spanish, Lebanese, Arabic, Chinese, Japanese,Russian, or any other language. Therefore, if you wish to become part of oursociety . Learn the language!’ ‘
Most Australians believe in God. This is not some Christian, right wing,political push, but a fact, because Christian men and women, on Christianprinciples, founded this nation, and this is clearly documented. It is certainlyappropriate to display it on the walls of our schools. If God offends you, thenI suggest you consider another part of the world as your new home, because Godis part of our culture.’ ‘We will accept your beliefs, and will not question why.
All we ask is thatyou accept ours, and live in harmony and peaceful enjoyment with us.’ ‘This is OUR COUNTRY, OUR LAND, and OUR LIFESTYLE, and we will allow you every opportunity to enjoy all this. But once you are done complaining, whining,and griping about Our Flag, Our Pledge, Our Christian beliefs, or Our Way ofLife, I highly encourage you take advantage of one other great Australian freedom, ‘THE RIGHT TO LEAVE’..’ ‘If you aren’t happy here thenLEAVE. We didn’t force you to come here. You asked to be here. So accept the country YOU accepted.’
Maybe if we circulate this amongst ourselves, American citizens will find thebackbone to start speaking and voicing the same truths. If you agree please SEND THIS ON...IF NOT, DELETE!!
Kinda makes you long for the good old days of plain old Hispanic machismo, eh?
At least those guys leave the head attached.
And the winner of the absolutely most unusual headline goes to . ..
Wow.
I’ve struggled to understand while the left defends Islam here and your answer is RIGHT ON.
Why else to leftists always defend Islam with regards to the Crusades and have an Islamic perspective on that part of history? Do they WISH Islam conquered much of Christian Europe and found the New World first? Leftists refuse to admit that Islam is much more violent than Christianity and that Muhammad was a warlord who slew unlike Christ who was slewn. These leftists are blind and cannot protect us and our families. We must pray for them.
What about Islam is “progressive?” To them, it is because it is anti-Christian. Period.
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