
by: Scott Martin posted: 2009-02-16 14:34:00
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It all began with what must have seemed like a good idea: creating a television network to counter the negative stereotypes many Americans hold against Muslims in the post-9/11 world.
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Muzzammil Hassan, who founded Bridges TV in November 2004 to counter anti-Islam stereotypes, surrendered to police Thursday. Hassan touted the network as the "first-ever full-time home for American Muslims," according to a press release.
"Every day on television we are barraged by stories of a 'Muslim extremist, militant, terrorist, or insurgent,'" Hassan said in the 2004 release. "But the stories that are missing are the countless stories of Muslim tolerance, progress, diversity, service and excellence that Bridges TV hopes to tell."
Apparently it was all fun and games for Hassan, until his wife lost her head.
The estranged wife of a Muslim television executive feared for her life after filing for divorce last month from her abusive husband, her attorney said — and was found beheaded Thursday in his upstate New York television studio.Aasiya Z. Hassan, 37, was found dead on Thursday at the offices of Bridges TV in Orchard Park, N.Y., near Buffalo. Her husband, Muzzammil Hassan, 44, has reportedly been charged with second-degree murder.
"She was very much aware of the potential ramification of her filing for divorce might have," said attorney Elizabeth DiPirro, whose law firm, Hogan Willig, represented Aasiya Hassan in the divorce proceeding. "But she wanted to proceed despite the potential for it to erupt."
DiPirro said the couple had "physical confrontations off and on" for their entire eight-year marriage that had recently escalated to death threats. The grounds for divorce were "cruel and inhuman treatment," DiPirro said, referring to mulitple prior incidents of abuse. She declined to elaborate.
"We were worried about the situation becoming volatile," DiPirro said.
I can't imagine why she worried about the situation becoming volatile. What about that famed Muslim tolerance and progress? Let's go back to that quote..
"Every day on television we are barraged by stories of a 'Muslim extremist, militant, terrorist, or insurgent,'" Hassan said in the 2004 release. "But the stories that are missing are the countless stories of Muslim tolerance, progress, diversity, service and excellence that Bridges TV hopes to tell."
Be-heading your wife sounds pretty extremist, militant and terrorist to me. Am I wrong here? But the image makeover begins anew.
Samira Khatib, a friend of the couple, said Aasiya Hassan encouraged her husband to launch the cable channel."They were really more than married — they encouraged each other in everything," Khatib told the Buffalo News.
Just like O.J. encouraged Nicole.
More Muslim tolerance and progress here.
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It's not really receiving media coverage, Faye; it received coverage on Fox.
I saw the report on Drudge also. It seems that the MSM is so politically correct in their reporting that anything that goes contrary to this formula is simply ignored.
It's like some invisible force has performed a mass lobotomy on the majority of the population.In their altered mind set, if they ignore the facts and bury their heads in the sand it will all go away. Will they ever wake up to reality?
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This was a horrific and cold blooded murder, why is it only a 2nd degree murder charge? I am also surprised that this is receiving media coverage. Also why the silence from NOW about all of these "honor killings" from the Muslim community.