The Deceits of Bridges TV
Submitted by Daniel Pipes on Sat, 02/28/2009 - 10:37
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On the occasion of its launch in 2004 from near Buffalo, New York, the Muslim television channel "Bridges TV" won the enthusiastic support of Secretary of State Colin Powell's media assistant, Stuart Holliday: "I laud your expression of interest in promoting understanding and tolerance." And so it went; Bridges TV also met with euphoric media coverage, uncritical academic reaction, and blessings from sports giants like Muhammad Ali and Hakeem Olajuwan.
From the start, however, Bridges TV amounted to a lie.
On the political level, its raison d'être was based on the canard that Muslims in the United States suffer from bias and are victimized. That idea took formal expression in 2000, when the Senate passed a resolution inveighing against the "discrimination" and "backlash" suffered by the American Muslim community, an insulting falsehood then and now.
On the ideological level, Bridges TV was a fraud, pretending to be moderate when it was just another member of the "Wahhabi lobby." Endorsed by some of the worst Islamist functionaries in the country (Nihad Awad, Ibrahim Hooper, Iqbal Yunus, Louay Safi), it was an extremist wolf disguised in moderate sheep's clothing.
On the financial level, Bridges TV marketed itself to investors on the basis of an imaginary population of 7 million-7.4 million U.S. Muslims, or 2-3 times the actual total, making the station commercially unviable from day one.
Finally, on the familial level, Bridges TV pretended to be based on what critic Zuhdi Jasser calls the "public marital partnership" of the station's first couple; Muzzammil ("Mo") Hassan proudly related how his wife Aasiya Z. Hassan spurred him to create Bridges TV. He was the hard-charging founder responsible for finances and marketing; she expressed her devotion to Islamic ideals and culture as the station's program director.
In fact, reports Aasiya's divorce attorney, the couple had "physical confrontations off and on" during their entire eight-year marriage and these recently escalated to Muzzammil issuing death threats. Salma Zubair, who says she is Aasiya's sister, writes that Aasiya "lived her 8 years of married life with fear."
Aasiya began divorce proceedings on the grounds of "cruel and inhuman treatment" and won an "Order of Protection" on Feb. 6 to force Muzzammil out of their shared house, enraging him; according to the local police chief, Muzzammil "came back to the residence and was pounding on doors and broke one window."
On Feb. 12, the couple encountered each other at the television studio. At 6:20 p.m., Muzzammil went to the police and directed them where to find his wife's corpse. Officers found her body at the station in a hallway, decapitated and with multiple stab wounds. Detectives charged Muzzammil with murder and are looking for the knife used to kill her.
A reliable source informs me - and this is breaking news - that the police found Muzzammil repeatedly told his wife that she had no right, under Islamic law, to divorce him. They also quote him stating that Aasiya, because beheaded, cannot reach paradise.
Muzzammil's defense lawyer says his client will plead not guilty, presumably by reason of insanity.
A great battle looms ahead on how to interpret this crime, whether as domestic violence or honor killing. Supna Zaidi of Islamist Watch defines the latter as "the murder of a girl or woman who has allegedly committed an act that has shamed and embarrassed her family." Deeply alien to Westerners, this motive has paramount importance in traditional Muslim life.
In a Middle East Quarterly article, "Are Honor Killings Simply Domestic Violence?" feminist theorist Phyllis Chesler delineates eight differences between these two concepts, including the identities of perpetrator and victim, the circumstances of the murder, the degree of gratuitous violence, the killer's state of mind, and family responses.
Did Aasiya die in a crime of passion or to reinstate a family's reputation? Was the violence generic or specifically Muslim? The Islamic Society of North America opts for domestic violence while the National Organization for Women's New York State chapter sees an honor killing.
The crime at Bridges TV fits neither model exactly, suggesting we need more information to determine its exact nature. But as the forces of political correctness inevitably bear down to exclude an Islamic dimension to the murder, the motive of family reputation must be kept alive. Enough with the pleasant deceits - time has come to utter hard truths about Bridges TV.
FamilySecurityMatters.org Contributor Daniel Pipes is director of the Middle East Forum, Taube distinguished visiting fellow at the Hoover Institution of Stanford University, and a contributor to FrontPageMagazine.com. 
I don't admire but envy envy
I don't admire but envy envy Mo Ham Mad. He xxxxx any girl anytime in his previous lifetime ( and didn't have to be like Casanova). I myself don't believe in Dharma but if it existed, he would be long ago turned to a she,raped and abused everyday in islamic paradise of Apegangistan.
I wonder when the muslims
I wonder when the muslims would ever be able to produce a song just like ” wind of Change”for their nazist, fascist, totalitarian, chauvinist, egocentric (rather idiotic,in my personal opinion) ideology, to proclaim liberty and freedom from mosque -controlled policy.
Siroco/Hamatan of Change
“I follow the Medina
Down to Unholy Mecca
Listening to the Siroco (or Hamantan) of change
An Ramadan winter(in the northen hemisphere) night
Jihadis passing by
Listening to the Siroco of change
The world closing in
Did you ever think
That we could be so close, unlike Kuffar-believers
The future’s in the air
I can feel it everywhere
Blowing with the Siroco of change
Chorus:
Take me to the magic of the moment
On a glory night
Where the children of tomorrow dream away
In the Siroco of change
Walking down the street
Distant destroyed temples memories
Are buried in the past forever
I fallow the Medina
Down to Unholy Mecca
Listening to the Siroco of change
Take me to the magic of the moment
On a glory night
Where the children of tomorrow share their dreams
With you and me
Take me to the magic of the moment
On a glory night
Where the children of tomorrow dream away
In the Siroco of change
The Siroco of change blows straight
Into the face of time
Like a stormwind that will ring
The freedom kuffar bell for peace of mind
Let your islamic war drummer sing
What my guitar wants to say
Take me to the magic of the moment
On a glory night
Where the children of tomorrow share their dreams
With you and me
Take me to the magic of the moment
On a glory night
Where the children of tomorrow dream away
In the Siroco of change ”
From http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=taVW8Kv2HcQ
Final ammendment to current clip would be the the overthrown of Islamic republic of Iran.
Amin All you care about is
Amin
All you care about is crap. The pregnant woman is dead. His honor is above a life that God gives. No man has a right to take her life, especially a man she had babies with. He deliberately killed her with stab wounds and a beheading. Only Islam says beat wives and behead them. She became an infidel when SHE filed for divorce, unislamically. Well she knew he was A FOOL and she wanted out. It was HIS choice to come West and HE has to abide by infidel LAWS according to Muhammad. Even if a raisin head is your ruler, obey HIM. THERE IS NO HONOR IS KILLING YOUR WIFE. UNDER ISLAM a woman is equal to a dog, in Infidel land you go to jail. If he is insane, that means the Sharia Laws ARE INSANE AND SINCE ALLAH GAVE THE RULES, HE IS INSANE. Are all 1,5 billion Muslims insane for accepting this form of HONOR?.
NEVER ever trust a ISLAMIC
NEVER ever trust a ISLAMIC moderate.
islamic moderate is an
islamic moderate is an oxymoron
"We are against hate, not
"We are against hate, not faith." - FFI
That's exactly! You are copying from the Quran! Here is what the Holy Quran says:
2.256: There is no compulsion in religion. Truth stands out clear from Error.
10.108: Say: O mankind! Now Truth hath reached you from your Lord! Whoever is guided is guided for his own good. And whoever goes astray, goes astray to his own detriment. I am not a guardian over you.
On the other hand, here is what Jesus says in the Bible (you cannot be a disciple of Jesus if you hate not your father, mother, wife, children, brethern, sisters, etc.):
"If any man come to me, and hate not his father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brethren, and sisters, yea, and his own life also, he cannot be my disciple." (Luke 14:26)
So, FFI should go against the Bible, and not the Quran. But how could they do that! They themselves are the believers of the hateful Bible!
Amim This is Mohamed why is
Amim
This is Mohamed why is it I still know not your mother and sister,,,If thou shall continue to keep them frorm my divine manhood thou shall roast in hell with the infidels of FFI
AMIM (Assistant to Majlis of
AMIM (Assistant to Majlis of Idiotic Mullahs)
The bible is by humans and for humans, I guess.
You being a beard-monkey must focus on Koran (by allah for beard monkeys). Koran favors evolution, that is why it speaks extensively about the missing link between humans and the Darwin`s species, ie, a beard monkey. Koran describes the anthropology of beard-monkeys, complete with their social structure, moors and packing order. There is also one alpha male (read Mullah) in every pack of beard monkeys, one such pack you serve so doggedly.
People here generally mix human traits with likes of you. That causes confusion as you rightly pointed. More later.
Ha amim,today it is the turn
Ha amim,today it is the turn of the Christians to be verbally bashed up. Yesterday it was the turn of the Hindus.We all wish,tomorrow it is the turn of Islam.take care dear.
AMIM after completing his job
AMIM after completing his job in Bangladesh (he had filled three graves) has headed Indonesia to create a separate nation for Muslims (of course by the peaceful Islamic Way).
#6 No compulsion in
#6
No compulsion in religion,then allah aka Muhammad said if you leave islam kill you. STOP LYING TO YOURSELF AMIN.
ISLAM IS AS ISLAM DOES. BEHEAD, LIE, STEAL, MARRY MANY STUPID WOMEN AND THIGH LITTLE GIRLS, REWRITE HISTORY SO THAT TO BEHEAD A jEW YOU GET 72 big breasted white women and 28 white boys who dont bleed. For men only, women get zero. What is wrong with allah:he created women STUPID Tabari 1:280 anx created Africans Blacks to be slaves for Caucasians and then hellfire. Why created Black men for misery, that is not love that is insanity. Even as a human, only people like Muhammad, Judas,Hitler, Stalin, Iranian Muslims would agree to that misery and insanity.
Sincerest sympathies to this
Sincerest sympathies to this poor woman who suffered the greatest misfortune anyone can suffer , to be born a muslim and then the even greater misfortune to having been married to one .And indeed sympathy to every woman unlucky enough to be associated in any way to to diobolicle filth known as islam .
No matter how this dispicable abomination is dressed up it will always remain the heart and soul of the most revolting individual of them all , the prophet ,mohammad . Islam will always remain its own worst enemy.The feeble attempts by so called moderates to dress this noxious infestation to something civilised will always come to nothing .The true nature of islam always lurks dangerously close .
Raisin Head AMIM never reads
Raisin Head AMIM never reads KORAN things that he pastes are articles of other and those narrated by his mullah.
Its so very Islamic Don't ask question about ISLAM or be killed.
Bangladesh mutineers name
Bangladesh mutineers name tycoon with Pak links
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Pak-footprint-behind-Bangladesh-mutin...
PAKISTAN: The Anti-India
PAKISTAN: The Anti-India Identity
http://www.indiandefencereview.com/2008/12/pakistan-the-anti-india-ident...
why did Muhammad rape babies?
why did Muhammad rape babies?
#13 Quran the words of Allah
#13 Quran the words of Allah said dont ask question because you will leave Islam if you did Q 5:101,2
#15
Muhammad married an older woman of 15 years and apparently she didnt look like Tina Turner (smile) and he was the laughing stock of Arabia. When the rich wife died, he fulfilled his fancies and said Allah said do it. When Aisha was a baby in blankets, he desired her but Abu Bakr refused and he waited until she was 6 and promised Abu Bakr he would wait until she had her cycle. She did so at 9 and Muhammad the holy One of Islam inserted his old penis inside of this little girl and she was so upset she lost her hair.
Muzzammil Hassan, MBA, a
Muzzammil Hassan, MBA, a moderate muslim, started the Bridges TV in order to show the American people the true face of Islam, especially after 9/11. Now he has shown the true face of Islam. What is there to gossip about it?
(By: Daniel Pipes On the
(By: Daniel Pipes
On the occasion of its launch in 2004 from near Buffalo, New York, the Muslim television channel “Bridges TV” won the enthusiastic support of Secretary of State Colin Powell’s media assistant, Stuart Holliday: “I laud your expression of interest in promoting understanding and tolerance.” And so it went; Bridges TV also met with euphoric media coverage, uncritical academic reaction, and blessings from sports giants like Muhammad Ali and Hakeem Olajuwan.)
Which is worse? A Muslim masquarading as an American or Americans endorsing Islamic deciet in the name of tolerance and understanding?
Here is a Muslim who takes advantage of freedom he enjoys in the USA to spread lies about Islam and Americans like Colin Powell falling for the lies. It is not that Colin Powell is stupid, he is just ignorant about Islam. This is the biggest problem we have - ignorance of Islam and dangers Islam poses to the very existence of human civilization.
This is a tough fight that we must wage, otherwise there will not be America for the grandchildren of Colin Powell and Barrack Obama.
Colin Powell doesnt see
Colin Powell doesnt see anything wrong with being a Muslim he said after supporting Obama. Powell's best buddy was Prince Bandar, the son of a Arab Prince and a Black Sudanese slave girl in Arabia. Bandar was removed after a scandel and another Arab came. Because of a 20 year relationship with Prince Bandar, Powell developed a no see attitude. Powell switched because Obama was black aND pOWELL didnt want people to think he didnt want to help make American history. Now many are afraid they made the wrong choice. They know the Democrat Socialist are Marxist and since americans live the good life, thinking nothing could happen to them, they were not aware of Islam. We expect all people to think like americans, FREE and do what they want. We now are beginning to see that other cultures are not free. American women know other women from other cultures are not free. We need to let them alone and tell them to stay home as we Americans already fought that crap. WE HAVE OUR OWN GOOD, BAD, AND UGLY. aMERICANS shared all they have with other cultures only to get bashed in the head and called names. WE fought ww1,2 for Europe. Americans will soon allow other nations fend for themsleves. If the women want to be free let them fight like American women did. If not burn yourselves, remain uneducated. cut girls vaginas out and share one man with as many tempory wives as he wants while you share AIDS/HIV and get blamed for the disease when you never left home. SOLVE YOUR OWN DARN PROBLEMS, WE HAVE OUR OWN. NO ONE SAYS THANKS FOR ANYTHING AMERICAN PEOPLE HAVE DONE AND WE ARE TIRED.