Founder of "Positive" Muslim TV Channel charged with beheading wife...

[MrDickerson]

Apparently Muslims don’t observe Valentine’s Day in the same way as infidels:

buffalonews.com/494/story/578644.html

Prominent Orchard Park man charged with beheading his wife
By Gene Warner
News Staff Reporter

Orchard Park police are investigating a particularly gruesome killing, the beheading of a woman, after her husband — an influential member of the local Muslim community — reported her death to police Thursday.

Police identified the victim as Aasiya Z. Hassan, 37. Detectives have charged her husband, Muzzammil Hassan, 44, with second-degree murder.

“He came to the police station at 6:20 p.m. [Thursday] and told us that she was dead,” Orchard Park Police Chief Andrew Benz said late this morning.

Muzzammil Hassan told police that his wife was at his business, Bridges TV, on Thorn Avenue in the village. Officers went to that location and discovered her body.

Muzzammil Hassan is the founder and chief executive officer of Bridges TV, which he launched in 2004, amid hopes that it would help portray Muslims in a more positive light.

The killing apparently occurred some time late Thursday afternoon. Detectives still are looking for the murder weapon.

“Obviously, this is the worst form of domestic violence possible,” Erie County District Attorney Frank A. Sedita III said today.

Authorities say Aasiya Hassan recently had filed for divorce from her husband.

“She had an order of protection that had him out of the home as of Friday the 6th [of February],” Benz said.

Muzzammil Hassan was arraigned before Village Justice Deborah Chimes and sent to the Erie County Holding Center.

gwarner@buffnews.com

Business as usual!

 

[Muslim_Woman]

In the name of Allah , Most Gracious, Most Merciful

Salaam/peace

Apparently Muslims don’t observe Valentine’s Day in the same way as infidels:

No ; Muslims are not supposed to celebrate anything that can lead to adultery. Love between wife - husband , parents -kids , bro-sisters will be shown throughout the year , not only on any special day.

The husband is accused not even a proven culprit and u started a whole thread bashing Muslims ? When any Christian kills wife / girlfriend , u bash the whole community ??

 

[ralphinal]

In the name of Allah , Most Gracious, Most Merciful

Salaam/peace

No ; Muslims are not supposed to celebrate anything that can lead to adultery. Love between wife - husband , parents -kids , bro-sisters will be shown throughout the year , not only on any special day.

The husband is accused not even a proven culprit and u started a whole thread bashing Muslims ? When any Christian kills wife / girlfriend , u bash the whole community ??

Valentine’s day is NOT the only day that we are supposed to show our love. In fact, that is not the reason the day exists in the first place.

While I will grant that he has not been convicted, they generally do not put that information out there unless he is to be charged. If he is charged, it means that they feel the evidence is enough to convict him beyond a resonable doubt. Let’s set that aside for a minute.

The undisputed facts are that a Muslim Woman filed for divorce from her Muslim Husband. She was so afraid of him that she filed for court ordered protection, which was supposed to make him understand that he had to stay away from her. The woman ended up dead in a very strange way to Westerners, and he is the one who reported it.

I will bet anyone who is willing that he claims it was a culturally and religiously acceptable honor killing and that he should be allowed to do it as a free practice of his faith.

 

[Muslim_Woman]

In the name of Allah , Most Gracious, Most Merciful

Salaam/peace

…acceptable honor killing and that he should be allowed to do it as a free practice of his faith.

there is no honour killing in Islam . Divorce is not encouraged but allowed in Islam when necessary. If any husband kills wife , it’s a major sin . Islam does not allow it.

 

[spoiltvictorian]

To be fair, honor killings are more of an Arabic thing than Muslim doctrine as they predate Muhammad. And they were done in Rome as well. But unlike Christianity, which put an end to that kind of murder in Europe, Islam is unloving and wicked, and so it encourages rather than discourages the wicked practices of the cultures it ruins.

 

[PittSteve]

So, this man started a TV station to show us that Islam isn’t violent. Then he BEHEADS his wife. What an animal.

I’d like to say that I could disconnect his action from his religion, but I can’t. I just keep thinking about airplanes slamming into buildings in New York and Washington, and slamming into the ground in Somerset County, PA.

If Islam isn’t a violent religion, I wish Muslims would prove that to us.

 

[jakasaki]

So, this man started a TV station to show us that Islam isn’t violent. Then he BEHEADS his wife. What an animal.

I’d like to say that I could disconnect his action from his religion, but I can’t. I just keep thinking about airplanes slamming into buildings in New York and Washington, and slamming into the ground in Somerset County, PA.

If Islam isn’t a violent religion, I wish Muslims would prove that to us.

Click on image please…

pa.cair.com/content/image.php?Side=gallery&folder=19&img=45

Muzzammil Hassan receives award from CAIR-PA Chairman Iftekhar Hussain and CAIR National Chairman Parvez Ahmed

How long until CAIR scrubs this from their website now that he “beheaded” his wife…

 

[pnewton]

The husband is accused not even a proven culprit and u started a whole thread bashing Muslims ? When any Christian kills wife / girlfriend , u bash the whole community ??

You are totally correct. Domestic violence is found in every demographic group, as is hypocracy. It is an unfair generalization to Muslims to imply because of an anecdotal incident that they are all violent.

 

[Middleman]

I saw this news article. I thought it was the height of irony that a man trying to portray a more positive image for Islam would use a method popular with Islamic extremists to kill his wife. What a horrible man.

It reminds me of some of the failings of Christian leaders, although much more extreme. I’m sorry for his wife, I can see why she wanted to divorce this horrible man.

 

[jakasaki]

In all fairness to the discussion at hand, we all know that many men kill their wives before or after their women file for divorce.

No doubt this happens globally…

But what drew attention to this issue is that:

She was beheaded
And both were muslim

Therefore in conclusion since many terrorists and hard core islamic muslims perform this barbaric act in the 21st century, it made the news.

I believe that if this was just some ordinary “Joe” and he killed his wife out of rage and anger, it would have not made news.

Just my thoughts…!!1

 

[Middleman]

Right, beheading is a particularly hateful way to kill someone. Also, this man was a self-proclaimed spokesman for moderate Muslims.

 

[ralphinal]

If you folks will check my post, I did not say that honor killings were accepted in Islam. What I said was that he is likely to claim it as a defense.

 

[jakasaki]

If you folks will check my post, I did not say that honor killings were accepted in Islam. What I said was that he is likely to claim it as a defense.

Agreed Ralph -

“Honor Killings” are not mentioned in the koran and not accepted in islam - But, I do agree that he will state it as a defense that she “bought shame into the family” type of defense.

 

[ralphinal]

Agreed Ralph -

“Honor Killings” are not mentioned in the koran and not accepted in islam - But, I do agree that he will state it as a defense that she “bought shame into the family” type of defense.

I just hope that the courts do not accept it. Besides, even if it was a part of the faith, which it is not, freedom of religion does not protect you if you kill another

 

[jakasaki]

I just hope that the courts do not accept it. Besides, even if it was a part of the faith, which it is not, freedom of religion does not protect you if you kill another

I do not believe the US courts will tollarate this. There was a recent case somewhere in the US there this brother stabed his sister to death for the so called “honor killing” because the family wanted to ship the girl to Pakistan to get married and she did not want that.

So, the brother stabbed her to death and that is exactly what his defense was - that the sister bought shame into the family for not doing what her father wanted.

Anyway, this brother got I belive 30 years in prison here in the US and the family went nuts in the court house - just crazy…!!! Started attacking the police officers, thowing stuff around in the court room, screaming and almost getting to the judge.

And the family was screaming that if this court hearing took place in their home town in Pakistan that their son would NOT be charged with murder and he would be free…

The US courts do not follow sharia and I trust and pray to God that our legal system will never change.

Be well my friend…
Pam

 

[jakasaki]

Here is an update to the story from today’s article…

**Updated: 02/17/09 07:54 AM
Possibility of ‘honor killing’ mulled in Orchard Park slaying
Estranged husband charged with murder **

**The gruesome death of Orchard Park resident Aasiya Zubair Hassan— who was found decapitated—and the arrest of her estranged husband are drawing widespread attention, as speculation roils about the role that the couple’s religion may have played. **

Muzzammil Hassan, 44, was arrested Thursday and charged with second- degree murder after telling police his wife was dead at the office of their television station in the Village of Orchard Park.

While Muslim leaders have urged against applying cultural stereotypes to the crime, advocates for women linked the killing to attitudes in Muslim societies.

“**This was apparently a terroristic version of honor killing, a murder rooted in cultural notions about women’s subordination to men,” said Marcia Pappas, New York State president of the National Organization for Women. **

She decried the scant national media attention paid to the story, which broke the same day as the commuter plane crash that killed 50 people in Clarence.

While domestic violence affects all cultures, Muslim women find it harder to break the silence about it because of a stigma, she said.

“Too many Muslim men are using their religious beliefs to justify violence against women,” she said.

buffalonews.com/home/story/581540.html

Link above has the entire article…

Edit - Addition to the post: The above article is worth it’s read…

 

[cthulhubryan]

In the name of Allah , Most Gracious, Most Merciful

Salaam/peace

The husband is accused not even a proven culprit and u started a whole thread bashing Muslims ? When any Christian kills wife / girlfriend , u bash the whole community ??

The husband has confessed to this awful killing.

 

[Pax_Vobiscum_57]

I think it must have been more than 20 years ago that a local woman’s headless body was discovered by her children. She was a Muslim woman who was divorced and dating. This is still unsolved (officially).

 

[ferdie]

In the name of Allah , Most Gracious, Most Merciful

Salaam/peace

there is no honour killing in Islam . Divorce is not encouraged but allowed in Islam when necessary. If any husband kills wife , it’s a major sin . Islam does not allow it.

You can say as much as you want that there is no honor killing in Islam, but the fact still remains that muslims kill for this reason. Wake up, wake up, wake up!!! Time to face the truth!

 

[rtconstant]

there is no honour killing in Islam . Divorce is not encouraged but allowed in Islam when necessary. If any husband kills wife , it’s a major sin . Islam does not allow it.

And I won’t argue that the Quran doesn’t teach this tradition. However, many Muslims do seem to think it is part of the Muslim tradition. Heck I’ve had Muslims tell me its a Muslim thing, even though they think it is wrong.

You and other Muslims who post here seem confused by the fact that non-Muslims think Islam is violent. I can understand how this might bother you. But I think I can help you see things from the non-Muslim perspective.

Imagine the following scenario. Imagine a terrorist cell of Christians blows up the Dome of the Rock. Obviously Muslims around the world would be rightfully angered. Now imagine that in Rome, Seoul and Boston some Christians celebrated in the streets. When the Muslim leaders ask for an explanation for this the Christian response is: “Why are you complaining? Christianity is about peace.”

Then in France Muslims are enslaved and the children and women are used as sex slaves. Muslims asl for an explanation they get “why are you bringing this up you racist? Christianity is about peace!” Yet the slavery continues and no Christian condemns it, instead they condemn you for bringing it up.

Then imagine in the US that Christians who convert to Islam are killed. Or Muslim girls are taken from their parent’s homes and forced to convert so they can marry Chrisitan men. Muslims protest and Christian say “the girls wanted to be Christian and are in love with the men. The is no compulsion in religion. Christianity is a religion of peace.” Imagine that this is happening now, today, Not in the past, and it happens everyday.

Imagine that no Christian organization condemns these acts ever. Maybe a stand alone theologian, or Christian who’s a friend of yours does, but by and large all the major Christian nations fail to acknowledge it as an issue. And infact if Muslims try to complain about any of it, the Christian community calls them bigots and burns the flags of Muslim nations and calls for the destruction of your way of life. Mean while all you’re fed is “Christianity is a religion of peace.” Yet no leader of this religion of peace ever condemns the horrible things that are going on. In fact if they say anything about it, its usually praise.

Now tell me, in all honesty would you believe what one or two individual Christians have to say about Christianity really being peaceful when it looks like over a 2 billion of them are totally OK, with what’s going on?

OK, now back to what you were saying. Are many of the bad things that happen in the Muslim world cultural and not religious? Perhaps. Does the Quran actually support all of these things? Maybe not. Yet when Muslims seem more concerned about people condemning these acts than in the fact the acts occurred at all. It is only natural for non-Muslims to think these things are totally OK in Islam.

Does this help you to see, why non-Muslims keep associating this behavior with Islam? Beyond that, does this help you understand why other Muslims see these acts as part of Islam?