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Woman Found Beheaded in Buffalo in Feb.-Husband Pleads Innocent.

by harringtola | March 13, 2009 at 12:58 pm

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This was a crime of passion on someone's part. How could you do that to another human being if it was not.

The question was whether this was domestic violence or a hate crime.

Aasiya Hassan, 37, was slain Feb. 12 at Bridges Network Inc., a company she and her husband, Muzzammil Hassan, founded in 2004 to counter negative stereotypes against Muslims. Aasiya Hassan filed for divorce Feb. 6. Her estranged husband, 44, has been charged with second-degree murder.

Aasiya

was beheaded in February at the Buffalo, N.Y., television network she founded with her husband was killed as her young children and a stepson waited for her in a car outside the station, according to a report from The Daily Beast.

It appears that the police are viewing this as domestic violence.

Muzzammil Hassan

was arrested Feb. 12 in the killing of his wife, Aasiya Hassan. She was found beheaded at the Bridges TV station in the Buffalo, N.Y., suburb of Orchard Park.

The couple immigrated from Pakistan.

In an exclusive story published Saturday, Daily Beast contributor Asra Q. Nomani reported that Aasiya Hassan arrived at the network's offices Feb. 12 with the couple's two young children -- Rania, 4, and Danyal, 6 -- and Michael Hassan, Muzzammil Hassan's teenage son from his first marriage. They waited for her in her car as she went into the building. It is unclear where they were when her body was found.

There appears to be evidence that the police are looking in the right direction both before and after the fact according to interviews with family and friends.

Quoting people familiar with the case, the Beast reported that Muzzammil Hassan later came from the building and gave Michael $4,900 in cash, saying "You will probably need it." The Daily Beast also detailed allegations of domestic abuse in the Hassan marriage dating back to 2007. Muzzammil Hassan, who had been married twice before, had a history of violent behavior

Her sister was reportedly on the phone with her at the time of her attack and has informed police that she heard a man's voice and it appeared to her that it was her sister's husband, Muzzammil Hassan. Shortly after she could hear her sister struggling to breathe.

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Amy Judd

at 14:15 on March 13th, 2009

What a sad story

Ravinwood_777

at 14:29 on March 13th, 2009

read this

WHY DO WE ANALYZE EVERY SINGLE SAVAGE MURDER COMMITTED IN THIS NOW LAWLESS COUNTRY?????

MURDER IS MURDER, THE TAKING OF A HUMAN LIFE.

"MURDER FOR PASSION DOES NOT APPY HERE, THIS WAS AN ACT OF EVIL ON HIS PART!" " HE SHOULD PAY BY FORFEITING HIS LIFE"

harringtola

at 20:46 on March 13th, 2009

Ravenwood_777, I believe we must analyze every murder to insure that the person accused is the one that is guilty. That analysis does not always come to the correct conclusion either but it is the best we have. I agree it seems so on the surface to be "open and shut" but there is always the possibility that what appears to be true is not so once the evidence is analyzed. I am not sure I agree that this country is now "LAWLESS" but it would be beyond saving if we did not do analysis of each and every case.

However, in my humble personal opinion I agree with your conclusion on how the perpetrator should be punished.

Roy C

at 16:34 on March 13th, 2009

Crime of passion,yes, but to behead you have to have possession of yourself to carry out that act.

This should be Murder I, unlawful killing with premeditation in cold blood.

Ignored by the press and the politically correct, as if the number of wives beheaded per capita is essentially the same from religious group to religious group.

Barry Artiste

at 17:12 on March 13th, 2009

You said it Roy

René

at 19:31 on March 13th, 2009

He had the gall to sit there blandly while his lawyer pleaded 'Not guilty' for him as if he had the right to do this.

on honor killings:

MEMRI

February 11 ,2009 Clip No. 2040
Syrian Women's Rights Activist Bassam Al-Qadhi: The Syrian Government is Lenient in Cases of "Honor Crimes"

Following are excerpts from an interview with Syrian women's rights activist Bassam Al-Qadhi, which aired on Al-Dunya TV on February 11, 2009.

Bassam Al-Qadhi: The killing of women because they are women is a worldwide phenomenon. The problem with us is not that we kill [women], while others do not. The problem is that we reward the killer. This is where the difference lies. In Europe or America, someone might kill his wife because he suspected she was having an affair with a neighbor, for example. He might kill her, but he will stand trial as a murderer, and he will go to jail. He will not receive a legal certificate of good character, saying that he was "defending his honor." The problem with us is that we give a certificate of good character for this, that we say to him: "Off you go. You can enjoy your life, because you killed your wife, your daughter, or your sister." This is the fundamental difference, and this is what we are trying to change.