Founder of 'Positive' Muslim TV Channel Charged with Beheading Wife

From The Telegraph
By Damian Thompson

No, I didn't make up that headline. It's from an item posted to Kathy Shaidle's genius Five Feet of Fury blog. The Buffalo News carries the story:

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.

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.

And then that fascinating detail:

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.

Still some way to go, methinks.