Abu Wabu

You're the head of a television network whose cutting-edge mandate is to "help portray Muslims in a more positive light". What to do, what to do...

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.

"He came to the police station at 6:20 p.m. [Thursday] and told us that she was dead," Orchard Park Police Chief Andrew Benz said late this morning.

Muzzammil Hassan told police that his wife was at his business, Bridges TV, on Thorn Avenue in the village. Officers went to that location and discovered her body.

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...

..."Obviously, this is the worst form of domestic violence possible," Erie County District Attorney Frank A. Sedita III said today.

Obviously. Good thing then that it appears to be confined to a specific community.

The Bridges TV mission statement reads:

Bridges TV aims to foster a greater understanding among many cultures and diverse populations. Through our high-quality, informative, 24x7 programming in English; we seek to become a unifying force that can help people understand our diverse world through entertainment and education.

I don't know about entertaining, but it sure doesn't get any more educational than that.

UPDATE
Mark Steyn has the bigger picture.