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2009-02-16 -Lurid Crime Tales-

US Muslim TV boss arrested for beheading wife

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Posted by Fred 2009-02-16 00:00|| || Front Page|| [2 views ] Top

#1 They are parents and partners with media.

Posted by newc">newc 2009-02-16 02:16|| 2009-02-16 02:16|| Front Page Top

#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|| 2009-02-16 10:20|| Front Page Top

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

Posted by mhw 2009-02-16 11:49|| 2009-02-16 11:49|| Front Page Top

#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">Dar 2009-02-16 13:27|| 2009-02-16 13:27|| Front Page Top

#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|| 2009-02-16 14:26|| Front Page Top

#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|| 2009-02-16 21:45|| Front Page Top

#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|| 2009-02-16 22:13|| Front Page Top

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