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-Lurid Crime Tales-
US Muslim TV boss arrested for beheading wife
2009-02-16
The founder of an American Muslim television channel, launched to counter the negative stereotypes of Muslims after 9/11, was arrested in New York late Thursday for beheading his estranged wife.
We've had this story a couple times, now al-Arabiya's picked it up. So far it's not burning up the U.S. press, though.
Muzzammil Hassan, 44, was charged with second-degree murder hours after he went to the police and told them his wife's dead body was at the Bridges TV office in Buffalo, New York, local papers reported.

" Obviously this is the worst form of domestic violence possible "
District Attorney
Police, who are still searching for the murder weapon, identified the victim as Aasiya Hassan, 37, and said she had recently filed for divorce from Hassan and sought a restraining order barring him from the family home, Buffalo News reported.

"Obviously this is the worst form of domestic violence possible," the paper quoted District Attorney Frank A. Sedita III as saying.
Someone ought to ask the newspapers just how often beheadings occur in western New York, and then ask, if it is that uncommon, why they aren't covering this one.
Posted by:Fred

#7  The local Buffalo news reported that that Mr. Hassan lived in Orchard Park, which is an upscale suburb in the southwest side of the city. What they didn't report because everybody their knows it, is that it is not far from Lackawanna, home of the famous Lackawanna Six terrorists. Of course, he and his wife hail from Pakistan, whereas I believe the Muslims in Lackawanna are almost exclusively Yemenis... many of whom conform to a great many of the negative stereotypes Mr. Hassan hoped to disprove.

Separately, it seems the Buffalo authorities were trying to contact the Hassan family in Pakistan, presumably to take responsibility for the four children, who I'm sure will not at all appreciate being returned to the ancestral home.
Posted by: trailing wife   2009-02-16 22:13  

#6  Now on, of all places, cnn.

So, what is the lag time for real media to mainstream media? 5 days?
Posted by: Jules 187   2009-02-16 21:45  

#5  As an Upstate New Yorker, I can vouch that, except for hockey games, decapitations are exceedingly rare.
Posted by: JDB   2009-02-16 14:26  

#4  Fox covers the story too.

From their story:
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."

"As you can see, my story is the former. The latter are mostly fiction."
Posted by: Dar   2009-02-16 13:27  

#3  Al Arabiya gave it more play than the WaPo or NYTimes.

Posted by: mhw   2009-02-16 11:49  

#2  American press covers for savage monster again. Ho hum. No news here. Move on people.
Posted by: Richard of Oregon   2009-02-16 10:20  

#1  They are parents and partners with media.
Posted by: newc   2009-02-16 02:16  

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