http://www.religionnewsblog.com Religion news about religious cults, sects, world religions, and related issues Tue, 14 Feb 2012 11:29:08 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/25798/muslim-tv-exec-gets-25-years-to-life-for-wifes-beheading http://www.religionnewsblog.com/25798/muslim-tv-exec-gets-25-years-to-life-for-wifes-beheading#comments Thu, 10 Mar 2011 08:49:02 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=25798 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/25798/muslim-tv-exec-gets-25-years-to-life-for-wifes-beheading/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/25725/jury-finds-new-york-tv-executive-guilty-of-murder-for-wifes-beheading http://www.religionnewsblog.com/25725/jury-finds-new-york-tv-executive-guilty-of-murder-for-wifes-beheading#comments Wed, 09 Feb 2011 09:00:27 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=25725 After a three-week trial and one hour of deliberations, an upstate New York jury on Monday found Muzzammil "Mo" Hassan guilty of second-degree murder for beheading his wife.

Hassan founded a TV network which he hoped would balance negative portrayals of Muslims following the attacks of September 11, 2001]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/25725/jury-finds-new-york-tv-executive-guilty-of-murder-for-wifes-beheading/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23667/muzzammil-hassan http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23667/muzzammil-hassan#comments Fri, 18 Sep 2009 17:47:24 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=23667 A man accused of beheading his wife at the Muslim-American television station they founded is likely to pursue a psychiatric defense in the murder case.

Muzzammil Hassan is the founder of Bridges TV -- an Islamic television station in upstate New York aimed at countering Muslim stereotypes.

Hassan was charged with second-degree murder after police found the decapitated body of his wife, Aasiya Hassan. ]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23667/muzzammil-hassan/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23300/muslim-who-beheaded-wife-appears-in-court http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23300/muslim-who-beheaded-wife-appears-in-court#comments Wed, 25 Feb 2009 17:56:25 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=23300 A Buffalo, New York-area man accused of beheading his estranged wife made his first appearance in court Wednesday to face murder charges, according to the district attorney.

Muzzammil Hassan, 44, is charged with second-degree murder in the death of his 37-year-old wife, Aasiya Zubair Hassan, days after she filed for divorce and was granted a restraining order against him.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23300/muslim-who-beheaded-wife-appears-in-court/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23275/muslim-muzzammil-hassan-beheads-wife http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23275/muslim-muzzammil-hassan-beheads-wife#comments Tue, 17 Feb 2009 11:58:37 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=23275 The founder of an Islamic television station in upstate New York aimed at countering Muslim stereotypes has confessed to beheading his wife, authorities said.

His wife filed for divorce January 6, and police had responded to several domestic violence calls at the couple's home, Benz said. [video]]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23275/muslim-muzzammil-hassan-beheads-wife/feed 0