Flashback: Founder of Muslim TV station who beheaded wife talks about “understanding”
posted at 4:05 pm on February 17, 2009 by Allahpundit
Grim irony circa 2004 via TV Newser, made doubly creepy by the cameo from victim Aasiya Hassan. The deed was done right there in the Bridges TV studio, evidently while Hassan was on the phone with her sister:
Firfirey said she and her husband, Amier, 49, were talking to her sister, Aasiya, 37, on the telephone last Thursday, when they heard her tell her husband, Muzzammil Hassan, 44, to calm down and that they could talk the following day about the divorce.
Then they heard sounds that sounded like her sister was struggling to breathe.
Below you’ll find him wishing for a “better understanding” between American and Islamic culture. Based on NOW’s reaction, I’d say he got his wish. Exit quotation: “We’ve been told that there’s no place for that kind of action in their faith, but I wouldn’t say that there’s anything that’s being completely ruled out at this point.” Click the image to watch.
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Guess we just need a little more, “understanding…”
DL13 on February 17, 2009 at 4:08 PM
There are few circumstances which justify summary judgement. This is one.
BobMbx on February 17, 2009 at 4:10 PM
“There can be only one!”
Doughboy on February 17, 2009 at 4:10 PM
Allah, I found you a woman…
http://chicago.craigslist.org/chc/w4m/1034159555.html
ninjapirate on February 17, 2009 at 4:10 PM
Certain trees bear certain fruit…
Grafted on February 17, 2009 at 4:10 PM
So many things to say about this worthless piece of slime, but as many are new, I’ll hold back for now.
MadisonConservative on February 17, 2009 at 4:11 PM
This reminds me of this rather chilling scene from The Shining:
Delbert Grady: Your son has a very great talent. I don’t think you are aware how great it is. That he is attempting to use that very talent against your will.
Jack Torrance: He is a very willful boy.
Delbert Grady: Indeed he is, Mr. Torrance. A very willful boy. A rather naughty boy, if I may be so bold, sir.
Jack Torrance: It’s his mother. She, uh, interferes.
Delbert Grady: Perhaps they need a good talking to, if you don’t mind my saying so. Perhaps a bit more. My girls, sir, they didn’t care for the Overlook at first. One of them actually stole a pack of matches, and tried to burn it down. But I “corrected” them sir. And when my wife tried to prevent me from doing my duty, I “corrected” her.
Mr. Joe on February 17, 2009 at 4:12 PM
NOW must’ve learned something after defending OJ.
Keith_Indy on February 17, 2009 at 4:12 PM
Didn’t Bush say that Islam is a religion of pieces?
jgapinoy on February 17, 2009 at 4:13 PM
If his wife does not obey, who are we to question how he “corrects” her. You do not respect Islam.
Mr. Joe on February 17, 2009 at 4:13 PM
As opposed to a soothing version of honor killing.
mchristian on February 17, 2009 at 4:13 PM
So let’s follow his logic ……
1. Everyone hates Muslims
2. Must show good side of Muslims
3. Beheads wife
I love clarity in all of it’s forms.
fogw on February 17, 2009 at 4:15 PM
NOW’s version of honor killing is beheading unborn children.
jgapinoy on February 17, 2009 at 4:15 PM
Monster. No different than the minds that engineered 9-11.
hawkdriver on February 17, 2009 at 4:15 PM
Whackjob.
CurtZHP on February 17, 2009 at 4:15 PM
My collie says:
You see collie, I’m not so bad after all.
CyberCipher on February 17, 2009 at 4:17 PM
Islam: the Religion of Beheadings.
jp on February 17, 2009 at 4:17 PM
This illustrates why we should never trust their taqiyya!
Disturb the Universe on February 17, 2009 at 4:18 PM
Well Mr. Williams, since you felt obliged to do a feature story on this guy, how about a follow up on what Muzzammil Hassan been doing lately…oh wait.
Lance Murdock on February 17, 2009 at 4:18 PM
Screw it:
The things that could be done to this monster with some restraints, an olive fork, and lots of time…
Or a corkscrew…
Or an apple corer…
MadisonConservative on February 17, 2009 at 4:20 PM
From NOW:
There is now a blizzard in hell.
For reference purposes, what would define a non-terroristic version of honor killing?
amerpundit on February 17, 2009 at 4:21 PM
Collecting hearts and minds.
O/T,When is Obama to start teaching us about Islam?
the_nile on February 17, 2009 at 4:22 PM
Wow, the ladies at NOW finally remove their own heads from their backsides instead of ignoring honor killings like they usually do.
RobCon on February 17, 2009 at 4:25 PM
I know this is worn out by now but….
ROPMA.
poor hijacked religion, don’tcha know. yeah…right…
OwlorNothing on February 17, 2009 at 4:26 PM
Baaaaaa! “Where Are They Now?!” Live on NBC!
Jaibones on February 17, 2009 at 4:26 PM
Wow, i applaud you N.O.W., you guys came out against a guy beheading his wife. One day i want to be as courageous as you gals.
MDWNJ on February 17, 2009 at 4:27 PM
Where was NOW when those 2 teenage girls were murdered by their father in Texas? He is still on the loose too!
NOW is not a supporter of women’s rights..they are supporters of abortion.
becki51758 on February 17, 2009 at 4:27 PM
On the bright side, there are hundreds of thousands of potential Muzzammil supporters just waiting for a trial so they can cheer him on.
OJ’s fan haven’t been able to find a husband who beheaded his wife for years, now, and they’re jazzed!
Jaibones on February 17, 2009 at 4:28 PM
I’m slaying myself.
Jaibones on February 17, 2009 at 4:28 PM
He definitely cleared up any questions I had about the Religion of Peace!
Now we should go to that strange land, see the interesting and fascinating sights, meet the wonderful peaceful muslim people…
AND KILL THEM!!!
fumpbump on February 17, 2009 at 4:29 PM
Jaibones on February 17, 2009 at 4:29 PM
4. Profit?
Seriously, I’d like to make it part of my “culture” to start kicking stupid people in the teeth. And don’t judge me, please understand my point of view; they’re really really stupid.
Sir Corky on February 17, 2009 at 4:30 PM
WTF? Only second-degree murder?
Disturb the Universe on February 17, 2009 at 4:31 PM
Filthy animal.
Daddy-O on February 17, 2009 at 4:31 PM
As I understand it, it’s only the NY chapter of NOW, not the national.
Attila (Pillage Idiot) on February 17, 2009 at 4:31 PM
Somehow, in this supposed culture of understanding, this will end up being his wife’s fault.
AubieJon on February 17, 2009 at 4:31 PM
Oh yeah, and Geert Wilders is a hate-monger!
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Disturb the Universe on February 17, 2009 at 4:32 PM
Y’all know what he can do with his better understanding?
Stick it in the same place where the pork force fed to him will inevitably end up.
Ryan Gandy on February 17, 2009 at 4:32 PM
Something tells me that this guy will see LOTS of interesting interaction in prison.
tickleddragon on February 17, 2009 at 4:33 PM
Maybe she had sassmouth! I don’t think that is acceptable in the Muslim world!
fumpbump on February 17, 2009 at 4:33 PM
tickleddragon on February 17, 2009 at 4:33 PM
Inshallah, as the Muslims like to say.
Disturb the Universe on February 17, 2009 at 4:34 PM
I have an awesome idea for all the muslims out there. Stop blowing $&*% up and stop beheading people. If you stop those two practices I would be more inclined to listen to you.
txaggie on February 17, 2009 at 4:35 PM
She wanted a divorce.
Now if he had wanted the divorce all he would have to do is say “I divorce you” three times.
Disturb the Universe on February 17, 2009 at 4:35 PM
I never thought I’d say this but THANK YOU AP for highlighting this story.
Another fine contribution from Islams culture-honor killings. Victims of honor killings are rarely killed quickly; rather they are raped, mutiliated, and tortured, often with the the knowledge and help of family members – brothers, mothers, uncles…
CarolynM on February 17, 2009 at 4:37 PM
Heh, fascist Islam’s definition of “understanding” is:
“Infidels have to understand they are inferior to us and must convert to Islam or die!!”
Liberty or Death on February 17, 2009 at 4:37 PM
He was gesticulating to emphasize his point, and the scimitar slipped.
Jim Treacher on February 17, 2009 at 4:38 PM
DOES THAT WORK? Dammit I KNEW I shouldn’t have spent all that money on an attorney!
fumpbump on February 17, 2009 at 4:38 PM
And the decapitation would have served as a warning to the next 13 year-old he managed to wangle in an arranged marriage.
SEE!!! I understand Muslim culture now! Me so happy!!
This guy should be split up the middle and thrown to the pigs.
AubieJon on February 17, 2009 at 4:39 PM
I won’t judge you if you let me join in your noble quest.
fogw on February 17, 2009 at 4:41 PM
This whole story is simply the pinnacle of irony.
awake on February 17, 2009 at 4:42 PM
“This was apparently a terroristic version of honor killing,”
… as opposed to the, you know, non-terroristic kind.
max1 on February 17, 2009 at 4:42 PM
.
No, let’s keep deluding ourselves.
Disturb the Universe on February 17, 2009 at 4:43 PM
The religion of peace.
xander569 on February 17, 2009 at 4:43 PM
I like the way you think.
Disturb the Universe on February 17, 2009 at 4:44 PM
Actually disturb, I think the ritual goes something like this:
“I break with thee, I break with thee, I break with thee” and then you throw camel poop on their shoes…I could be wrong though!
Liberty or Death on February 17, 2009 at 4:46 PM
On the upside, the Muslim divorce rate is super low!
Sir Corky on February 17, 2009 at 4:46 PM
I was in Iraq in 2005 with an Engineer Brigade. We built a school that was supposed to be a co-ed school. When it was finished and we had the ribbon cutting, our chief engineer (female) sat down with the Iraqi engineer and the Sheik. The two Iraqis said that it was going to be an all boys school. When asked by Paula if they didn’t want their daughters to have an education and to have some of the same opportunities as their sons, they stated that the only thing that girls needed to be educated on is how to please a man, and they knew all there was to know by age TWELVE!
I think that is all I need to understand about their culture! Well, that and the proper point of aim.
fumpbump on February 17, 2009 at 4:47 PM
CarolynM on February 17, 2009 at 4:37 PM
I read a book about a Palestinian girl who was doused with gasoline and set on fire by her brother-in-law after she got pregnant. Her parents asked the brother-in-law to do it.
Disturb the Universe on February 17, 2009 at 4:47 PM
Liberty or Death on February 17, 2009 at 4:46 PM
They do have a thing for shoes.
Disturb the Universe on February 17, 2009 at 4:48 PM
I’m all about puns and being clever in HA threads but a woman died in a uniquely horrible way in this story; your comment is pretty damn tasteless. You want to mock the freak that killed her, so be it; but there’s nothing funny about how she died.
austinnelly on February 17, 2009 at 4:54 PM
I was in Iraq in 2005 with an Engineer Brigade. We built a school that was supposed to be a co-ed school. The two Iraqis said that it was going to be an all boys school.
fumpbump on February 17, 2009 at 4:47 PM
Yep, and one of the favored tactics by the Taliban in Afghanistan is to throw acid in the face of any female that tries to better themselves by going to school!
Well I for one understand! I understand Fascist Islam is a backwards religious/political death cult still living in the 4th century. I understand they are hell bent on ruling the world under their warped draconian Sharia laws, I also understand the want to drag the rest of the world back to the 4th century along with them…I just wish 57% of America and our nations leaders would understand this truth as well!
Liberty or Death on February 17, 2009 at 4:58 PM
Sad
Streecar on February 17, 2009 at 5:03 PM
Quite true, they do have a thing for shoes. Perhaps I didn’t explain the ritual well enough. The men throw the camel poop on the woman’s shoes after repeating “I break with thee” three times and then they behead them…
Liberty or Death on February 17, 2009 at 5:10 PM
From Jihad Watch
Disturb the Universe on February 17, 2009 at 5:12 PM
I am, frankly, in absolute shock that NOW has spoken out against this. Maybe the world isn’t quite coming to an end after all.
nukemhill on February 17, 2009 at 5:16 PM
nukemhill on February 17, 2009 at 5:16 PM
Oh, they’ll recant as soon as CAIR threatens them.
Disturb the Universe on February 17, 2009 at 5:17 PM
Imagine the mental environment where murder of family members is a duty to maintain decorum. Imagine what sort of twisted familial love survives the execution of such a custom? In some areas of the Ummah it is the duty of the youngest male in the family to be the executioner. A father may squish out and pass the duty over to a brother or uncle. As has been alluded to earlier they can become grotesque rape/torture session murders.
But what can you do when the population thirsts for diversity? Not include the followers of Islam? That would be rude.
BL@KBIRD on February 17, 2009 at 5:19 PM
Somebody needs to tell them we already know enough.
bloggless on February 17, 2009 at 5:24 PM
Don’t jump to conclusions people. Has anyone actually determined if she deserved it.
moxie_neanderthal on February 17, 2009 at 5:26 PM
If this were Londonastan, he could be a free man right now.
Pole-Cat on February 17, 2009 at 5:35 PM
But it wasn’t her head. It belonged to him.
bloggless on February 17, 2009 at 5:39 PM
I’ll just note that islam is a religion founded by a man who claimed to hear voices and have visions- so he hijacked Christianity and Judaism and claimed to add to it by perverting most of it.
Then you have the fact that this man (who muslims pray peace be upon him) was A NUTJOB MASS MURDERER.
The idea that islam is a religion of peace is insanity. You can’t be of peace if your founder was a murderer of men, women, and children. That Jesus guy never hurt a soul, and he surely never killed anyone.
If Charles Manson, who never killed anyone himself, started a religion based on the OT with some whacky additions, we’d call his followers insane nuts. If a man named mohammed, who actually killed people himself, does it the world demands we accept them as just like us. I disagree with anyone who says there is a such thing as a moderate muslim. A muslim is one who daily praises a god created by a mass murderer- I want no part of that insanity.
TheBlueSite on February 17, 2009 at 5:41 PM
Have we had any comment on this murder by Muslim authorities? How about the Imam of the mosque the killer attended?
The failure of so-called ‘moderate’ Moslems to speak out against, and condemn, atrocities performed by Moslems under the guise of ‘religious’ rules is stark testimony to the underlying reality and motivations of the members of this culture.
MrLynn on February 17, 2009 at 5:41 PM
To me, the only shocking part of this story is that NOW actually noticed it.
4shoes on February 17, 2009 at 5:44 PM
Sorry, I just went back and read your post.
4shoes on February 17, 2009 at 5:45 PM
As I was visiting different news websites this morning, I was struck by how many of them omitted the word “Muslim” from the headline about this story. “Television Exec Beheads Wife,” “NY T.V. Station Owner Beheads Wife,” “Man Accused of Beheading Wife,” etc.
Are they afraid of being politically incorrect, like those newspaper articles that warn women of rapists on the loose, and then provide a description of the rapist that omits the rapist’s race (because that might contribute to a racial stereotype, or some other such nonsense)?
Or are they just plain afraid?
AZCoyote on February 17, 2009 at 5:48 PM
Like clockwork, with any article covering an honor killing in the US, there is invariably a quote from a Muslim official who denies that there is any link to Islam, instead drawing focus to domestic violence in general and how it crosses over all faiths.
It’s their dirty little secret and they want to keep it that way.
Muslim women who want to live as free women don’t need an order of protection, they need a gun.
CarolynM on February 17, 2009 at 5:51 PM
“The real culprit is undeserved male privilege and the resulting second-class personhood of women.”
Jim Treacher on February 17, 2009 at 5:57 PM
Do muslims REALLY REALLY want us to understand the TRUTH about islam? Somehow I doubt it.
eaglewingz08 on February 17, 2009 at 6:05 PM
Oh, we understand, alright…
redfoxbluestate on February 17, 2009 at 6:06 PM
CarolynM on February 17, 2009 at 6:09 PM
The MSM fear not those with whom they sympathize.
Their mistake is thinking the Muslim world gives a crap about them, fairness or human life. The media believes if they walk on eggshells around the very word itself they have bought favor with these bloodthirsty savages void of any moral compass.
A horrible miscalculation, that will culminate into much fear when they find themselves at the point of a sword.
fogw on February 17, 2009 at 6:14 PM
When did she?
Jim Treacher on February 17, 2009 at 6:17 PM
Oh, I understand alright…. I understand that Islam really has a “flat-earth” view of human life. The “progessives” want to fight for human rights, but attack only those who won’t attack back…. I understand perfectly….
CynicalOptimist on February 17, 2009 at 6:28 PM
Foxnews.com has an updated article on this and this part is interesting:
M. Zuhdi Jasser, founder and chairman of the American Islamic Forum for Democracy, agreed with Chesler.
“It certainly has all the markings of [an honor killing],” Jasser told FOXNews.com. “She expressed through the legal system that she was being abused, and at the moment she asked for divorce, she’s not only murdered — she’s decapitated.”
…
“The most dangerous aspect of this case is to simply say it’s domestic violence,” Jasser told FOXNews.com.
This is something new. Usually the Muslim official wants us to believe it’s just a case of domestic abuse.
CarolynM on February 17, 2009 at 6:36 PM
CarolynM on February 17, 2009 at 6:36 PM
Zuhdi Jasser is one of about two moderate Muslims Glenn Beck frequently puts on to prove that the problem is not Islam but its interpretation by radicals.
Jasser seems like a nice fellow, but he doesn’t reflect the views of most Muslim scholars.
And, although I like Glenn, he needs to realize that there may be moderate Muslims but there is no moderate Islam.
Disturb the Universe on February 17, 2009 at 6:42 PM
I’m still astounded that the everyone has become increasingly more accepting of these people after 9/11. What an ass-backwards way of thinking.
YoungAmerican on February 17, 2009 at 6:44 PM
The face of moderate islam rears its head.
Jerricho68 on February 17, 2009 at 6:44 PM
Ass-backwards is the growing trend.
Disturb the Universe on February 17, 2009 at 6:52 PM
Why is it only a 2nd degree murder charge? Are we afraid of offending someone by putting some nut-job on trial for a Capital Offense?
DL13 on February 17, 2009 at 7:14 PM
I said “cut” NOT CUT!!!!!!
marklmail on February 17, 2009 at 7:23 PM
FoxNews headline: “Beheading an ‘honor killing’? Some experts say they see the telltale signs.”
I wonder if a lopped off head qualifies as a telltale sign…
RLew on February 17, 2009 at 7:59 PM
Fox like any MSM outlet has a problem stating that a minority group can hate, even though it’s a human emotion.
DFCtomm on February 17, 2009 at 8:33 PM
how much abuse did this women take before the murder?
rob verdi on February 17, 2009 at 9:07 PM
Plenty. From CNN:
Firfirey, as well as a Pakistani woman identifying herself as another of Aasiya Hassan’s sisters, characterized her as living in fear.
Firfirey said the last time she saw her sister was in May 2008, when she visited South Africa. When she arrived, she was badly injured, and Firfirey’s family paid the equivalent of about $3,000 for her to be treated, she said.
Aasiya Hassan returned to America, she said, because she wanted to complete her MBA degree and “didn’t want to leave her children with that monster.” She said she calls Muzzammil Hassan “the fat man with evil eyes.”
Aasiya Hassan would have graduated March 6, Firfirey said.
A woman in Pakistan using the name Salma Zubair posted on a blog that she is the sister of “this brutally murdered woman.”
“She lived her 8 years of married life with fear in heart,” Zubair wrote. “He had already frightened her enough that she couldn’t muster up her guts and leave him, and when she finally did gather that much strength he killed her so brutally. She lived to protect her children from this man and his family and she died doing so.”
She said Aasiya Hassan “had always been a very loving person, not even one person in this world can say a small wrong word about her … she had always dreamed a life of a happily married family, which she did her best to achieve.”
CarolynM on February 17, 2009 at 9:54 PM
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