Buffalo Man Who Launched TV Network to Show Muslims in Positive Light Arrested–for Beheading His Wife
Greg Mitchell, Editor & Publisher (Northbrook, Illinois), February 13, 2009
A prominent Buffalo area businessman who founded the BridgesTV network to improve the image of Muslims in the U.S. has been arrested and charged with murdering his estranged wife–by beheading her at his company’s office in Orchard Park, N.Y., on Thursday.
Police have charged the husband, Muzzammil Hassan, 44, with second-degree murder in the death of Aasiya Z. Hassan, 37.
In its logo, BridgesTV boasts of “connecting people through understanding” via its dish network available in several states. Its Web site quotes comments about the company by Jay Leno, Brian Williams and others, plus a screen shot of a CNBC interview with Hassan conducted by Maria Bartiromo.
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NPR’s “All Things Considered” profiled the Hassans in 2004. The segment opened, “A new cable network for Muslim-Americans is up and running in Detroit. Bridges TV says it wants to inform and entertain Muslims and, at the same time, give viewers who aren’t Muslims a glimpse into their culture . . .”
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Police says the wife had an order of protection from the man. A murder weapon has not yet been recovered.
