Founder of Network Promoting Positive Muslim Image Arrested -- For Beheading Wife

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The Muslim founder of BridgesTV, a cable network whose slogan is “connecting people through understanding” and which tried to “improve the image of Muslims in the United States,” was arrested on Thursday, for allegedly killing his estranged wife in a manner normally associated with Islamist terrorists -- chopping off her head.

Greg Mitchell, editor of Editor & Publisher, reported on Friday that Muzzammil Hassan, “a prominent Buffalo area businessman who founded the BridgesTV network to improve the image of Muslims in the U.S.,” had been charged with second-degree murder in the beheading death of his wife Aasiya Z. Hassan. Mitchell quoted from the network’s website, which described Mrs. Hassan’s “instrumental role in the creation of BridgesTV since she came up with the idea for the network.” The picture of the couple is still up on the website.

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Later in his article, Mitchell noted that programs on the network “include kids shows, ‘American Muslim Teen Talk,’ Amy Goodman’s ‘Democracy Now’ and an interview show with James Zogby” (a Muslim network aired a left-wing anti-war program?). He also mentioned that NPR’s All Things Considered program had profiled the Hassans in 2004.

BridgesTV might have had the aim of trying to improve the image of Muslims, but over two years ago, Steve Stalinsky of MEMRI outlined in the now-defunct New York Sun that the network featured Wahhabi anti-Christian and anti-Jewish sermons from Saudi TV broadcasts, including English subtitles. Stalinsky also noted that Donald Conover, one of the main hosts on the network, discussed “the power of the ‘Jewish lobby’” and urged Muslims to vote for Democrats during an interview with a Saudi newspaper in 2006.

You might say some of the network’s past actions, culminating with this latest news, has done nothing to improve the image of Muslims in the U.S., but has only reenforced the strongest imagery about the most publicized sectors of the Islamic world.

[H/t: FreeRepublic.com thread]

—Matthew Balan is a news analyst at the Media Research Center.


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  Is he now out on golf

  Is he now out on golf courses looking for the real killer?

can we,,,,

 Can we get him a date with Katie Couric? 

 

 

I had a nightmare that Keith Olberman was run over by a bus,.......  and lived.

I Think this is an improvement of their image--

I don't think anything less of this animal for giving his wife some Islamo politcal correctness.  We are past that point.  This would be acceptable in the homeland and it is what they are achieving in Europe and are trying for here.  This is not an abberation.  This is business as usual for the murdering thugs who killed 3,400 on 911 and their silent but compliant communities throughout the world.

"Don't let the bastards grind you down."

Red

We won't hear a thing about it...

Don't hold your breath to hear about this one from the MSM.  They constantly do their best to show the "religion of peace" in the best light possible...while taking every opportunity they can find to castigate Israel. 

 

The msm will remain as

The msm will remain as silent as Mrs. Hassan is now.

Religion of peace

I guess it's too much to ask that he's married to Nancy Pelosi, huh?

  • When Liberals raise the bar, expect The Limbo

partner with islam:)

partner with islam:)

→ LOL Truthie

Wonder if maybe this ties in with the divorce thread.

  • When Liberals raise the bar, expect The Limbo

entirely possible:) i wonder

entirely possible:)

i wonder - where is CAIR on this...?

Is this going to be classified in the

You can't make this stuff up category. 

"Somehow, I told you so, just doesn't quite say it." Will Smith in 'I, Robot.'

Now when the OAF mentions "Bridge repair" This is what I see..

BTW, when a moslem kills a non-muslem.. it is NOT murder.

In a moslem country..

So no wonder it's only 2nd degree.. NOW IN AMERICA.

Shall I post Nick Berg Beheading here?? , yea right not pre-meditated..

FREEDOM

(D)

 

→ Second degree murder

It must mean he chopped her head off without giving it a second thought

  • When Liberals raise the bar, expect The Limbo

He's just practicing his religion

Remember, in America we're all supposed to respect each other's religion. Give the guy a break. He's just doing what he's been taught by the holy Koran.

Obama ought to be speaking up for him at another one of his campaign speeches real soon.

→ Exactly Worried

And I'm sure his wife humbly submitted to it for the honor and glory of Allah Crackbar

  • When Liberals raise the bar, expect The Limbo

Of course....

....all cultures and religions are just as valid as any other.

Who are we to judge?

Virgins...

Seeing as how heaven is running low on virgins, I wonder if they will try to pass her off to one of the young suicide bombers as a "only used once" virgin?

Save a SeAL, club a liberal!!

→ Butterface

The guy's pet name for her was "Butterface"

He liked everything about her, butterface.

  • When Liberals raise the bar, expect The Limbo

Come clean on this, Mr. Balan. You lifted this from The Onion

Disgraceful.  Stealing the work of others.

  B$tch must of had it

B$tch must of had it coming. She probably non-chalantly glanced at another male while shopping or was watching a popular middle eastern show that just happened to have an attractive male host. All grounds for adultery and stoning.

Insh'Allah.

 

 

"You will never find a more wretched hive of scum and villainy. We must be cautious. "

- Ben Kenobi on  Liberals, and the MSM.

" The Cake is a lie."   

Hahahahaha

I see you're still quoting a liberal.  Nice work.

gutter, if that was

gutter, if that was directed at me, I was quoting Kenobi, not Guiness. Even if Obi-Wan was a liberal, he's still allright in my book.

 

"You will never find a more wretched hive of scum and villainy. We must be cautious. "

- Ben Kenobi on  Liberals, and the MSM.

" The Cake is a lie."   

No, it was actually the

No, it was actually the great liberal, George Lucas, who wrote the line.  

Meanwhile, back in Iraq.....

Police: Female Homicide Bomber Kills 40 Shiite Pilgrims in Iraq

BAGHDAD  —  A female homicide bomber attacked a tent filled with women and children resting from a pilgrimage to a Shiite holy city south of Baghdad on Friday, killing 40 people and injuring 60 others, said officials.

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,492205,00.html

 

P.J.: I hope guttermouth

P.J.: I hope guttermouth sees this so he can add the number to his total of civilian casualties.

Found it!

So...90,040.  

-ish  

Still far less than

Still far less than Saddam's record. 

"Not to be a republican at twenty is proof of want of heart; to be one at thirty is proof of want of head." - Francois Guisot

But closer...

But closer to the average monthly count of abortions in America.  That's got to make guttermout PROUD!

Obama: My job is above my pay grade

Civilian casualties

Killed by their own people, not the USA!!!

It's ok though, cause they

It's ok though, cause they do it in the name of their peaceful religion.

Irony x 2

 

 Making Fun of AGW http://giovanniworld.wordpress.com/  

Funny Headline

That had to be one of the funniest headlines I have seen in some time.   I am thankful I wasn't eating or drinking something when I saw that.

"Liberalism is just Communism sold by the drink."  P.J.O'Rourke

dasher: I know. I laughed

dasher: I know. I laughed and then I felt ashamed about it.

Allah be praised! I have

Allah be praised! I have saved his honor!

Save a SeAL, club a liberal!!

→ Wallabe Braized

Tastes like chicken.

  • When Liberals raise the bar, expect The Limbo

Small Solace

At least he was arrested.  There are some countries where he'd just be off with his buddies to attend services.

Divorce

He probably did this because divorce is so terribly difficult in the cult of islam.

  He probably did this

  He probably did this because divorce is so terribly difficult in the cult of islam.

 She requires three male witnesses to counter one male witness against her, all who are also muslim to vindicate her. Not so hard really.

-sarc on

 

 

"You will never find a more wretched hive of scum and villainy. We must be cautious. "

- Ben Kenobi on  Liberals, and the MSM.

" The Cake is a lie."   

Call Them What They Are

Is this the type of Muslim that Helen Thomas describes as a ''so called'' terrorist?

Sure, it was of questionable taste,

Sure, it was of questionable taste, but should we allow a single beheading to destroy all of the good work Mr. Hassan was performing?

Jer 

Jer

I know you are being sarcastic but that's not too far from the liberal viewpoint. 

"There are two types of people in this country; those who provide freedom and those who enjoy it." MM says...

Mighty... How right you

Mighty...

How right you are.

There's an insanity in this

There's an insanity in this country. Christians are called criminals and oppressors. Yet we ignore the oppression and criminals of Islam.

I'm an athiest. And I can see it.

Thanks to Small Dead Animals I found this. It fits. And then there's Theo Van Gogh. This is more than a few crazies.

If Islam wants to be treated as a religion of peace. They need to deal with their own crazies. And stop protecting them.

If I were Salman Rusdie, I'd be concered that the left might turn me over to Iran.

Limited Disclosure:  I used to belong to the Sierra Club untill they went crazier. Worse of all, I was bribed by Exxon with free New Orleans Saints glasses with fill ups in the 70's.

I wonder...

newsisblues

 

Will there be any outrage from the National Organization of Witches? er... i mean women.

Maybe he was trying out a

Maybe he was trying out a pilot for a new TV show

Muslims Do The Craziest Things..

I blame the Jews, myself. They made him do it. 

"I am NOT a tax crook!"
Thomas Milhous Daschle

Well, what do you know.

  This a-hole couldn't even buy into his own propoganda.  Was anyone surprised? 

"Not to be a republican at twenty is proof of want of heart; to be one at thirty is proof of want of head." - Francois Guisot

Honor Killings -> Islamic Tradition

Honor Killings of females all over the world and happening now in America.

Islamists conduct most of these 'Honor Killings'.

Where they can conduct the 'Honor Killings' in public, the time honored way of these animals is to bury the female waist deep in a hole and then stone them to death.

Stoning to death is a slow, brutal, ghastly death.

These women and girls have committed such ghastly acts as not having meals served on time.

These women and girls have committed such ghastly acts as not wearing Burkhas or veiling their faces properly.

I worked for a while in an Islamic country where I saw women trying to eat ice cream cones with veils on, being careful not to show their face.

Street vendors work the streets with vegetables and so forth and women let down baskets to get their purchases, if no male is available to escort them to the street.

These women face 'stoning to death' if they do not use hand signals to indicate their purchase because they are not allowed to speak to any man who is not family.

We can expect more women in America to suffer 'Honor Killings'.

Tolerance

Hey, who are WE to judge this man? He was simply practicing his religion of peace as dictated by his holy book and teachings of the prophet. I think we should prosecute the authorities who arrested him and damn well teach them a lesson. The freedom of religious beheadings shall NOT be infringed. In fact the paper should be prosecuted for publishing such religious libel and it's editors beheaded in accordance with the religion of peace. I expect Streisand and Spielberg et al to immediately begin a defence fund for this innocent victim of religious intolerance. Oh, by the way, his only mistake was in not killing all the f#cking jooooooos  too. (sarc off). Seriously now, doesn't that sound like something you'd read in the msm?

You guys got it all wrong

You guy got it all wrong.  He wasn't promoting Islam as a religion of peace, but as a religion of pieces.

Obama: My job is above my pay grade

Or maybe...

He was just preparing his place in Heaven,  You know, 72 Virgins, and some head.

Obama: My job is above my pay grade

Like I said, there is no such thing as moderate Islam

-Dave

Our clueless political leaders are about to drive us all over a cliff. The time to HITM is now-before we go over.

If only she would have just worn her Burka...

...and STFU like an obedient wife.

Homegrown Jihad

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"I ask, Sir, what is the militia? It is the whole people. To disarm the people is the best and most effectual way to enslave them."
George Mason

Bolton/KEYES 2012 

Obama Would Have Talked Him Out Of It!

This is scary stuff! Put one of his kind in the latest suit, have him learn all about modern technology, and have him put on the airs of a sophisticated, somewhat cool media executive and when personal stress closes in he reverts to what he really is...a ruthless barbarian. And, of course, he puts it all in the context of a holy religion. It is this type our pretend-president wants to talk to, relying on his overblown charm to gain the advantage. They will eat Obama up and he'll lose more then his head!

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