Netherlands: 18 year old Ryan al-Najjar was tied up, beaten, and drowned by her father and brothers for being too Westernized
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A Syrian refugee who fled to the Netherlands has reportedly confessed to murdering his 18-year-old daughter and dumping her body in a canal before fleeing the country in an apparent admission note sent to a Dutch newspaper.
Father-of-nine Khaled al-Najjar, 52, wrote in an email sent to De Telegraaf that he had killed his 18-year-old daughter Ryan al-Najjar, urging the publication to report 'I am the one who killed'.
The confession did not specify exactly why he had decided to murder his daughter, with al-Najjar writing only that he was 'very angry with her', adding: 'The reason is between me and the judge. I will read that in court'.
But neighbours and friends suspect Ryan's death came as the result of an honour killing, with one claiming they had previously sheltered her when she had fled the family home in fear of retribution from her father.
Requesting anonymity to prevent any backlash, they told De Telegraaf that Ryan had a Dutch boyfriend, wanted to stop wearing a headscarf and had been beaten by her father who disagreed with her adoption of a Western lifestyle.
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Only religions give permission for people to kill their children.
Don't think that this is the only religion that does this. They all do. They all do this shit. "My fictional god is more important than my child". "No matter what I do, my fictional god will forgive me!"
It's fucking disgusting, and you are too if you support religions.
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Back to Syria then
Why go back to Syria when you can forever box?
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I mean Pakistan has been implementing hudood 50 years and still hasn’t had one of case of implementing the hadd for fornication or adultery (on the latter of which is punishable by death)
I was certain that this was not true (I could swear I've even read articles about it). Took a 3 second google search to disprove it:
According to the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan, over 470 cases of honour killings were reported in Pakistan in 2021. But human rights defenders estimate that around 1,000 women are murdered in the name of honour every year.[3][4]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honour_killing_in_Pakistan
because how are you going to get four adult males watching two people have sex?
I don't know, maybe they just fucking lie?
According to the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan, over 470 cases of honour killings were reported in Pakistan in 2021. But human rights defenders estimate that around 1,000 women are murdered in the name of honour every year.[3][4]
I was talking about state executions for adultery, which now that I think about it was not clear from the wording so apologies for that. I was trying to provide an example of how Islam delegitimizes the practice by making it almost impossible to meet the legal criteria for it, but as I said this is ultimately a cultural practice so without strong state intervention it's not going anywhere, no matter what the religion actually says.
I don't know, maybe they just fucking lie?
Prosecution does have to verify the witnesses' accounts, and falsely accusing someone of extramarital sex gets you 80 lashes, so it's not quite that simple.
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Abuse towards Muslim women is a daily event where I am (by their own kind), even in public. Report it to a male security guard (who, guess what, probably is also of the same ilk) and you get told to go on your way... It even attracts attention of other elders who overhear and stand and stare menacingly at you.
Where is this?
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A Syrian refugee who fled to the Netherlands has reportedly confessed to murdering his 18-year-old daughter and dumping her body in a canal before fleeing the country in an apparent admission note sent to a Dutch newspaper.
Father-of-nine Khaled al-Najjar, 52, wrote in an email sent to De Telegraaf that he had killed his 18-year-old daughter Ryan al-Najjar, urging the publication to report 'I am the one who killed'.
The confession did not specify exactly why he had decided to murder his daughter, with al-Najjar writing only that he was 'very angry with her', adding: 'The reason is between me and the judge. I will read that in court'.
But neighbours and friends suspect Ryan's death came as the result of an honour killing, with one claiming they had previously sheltered her when she had fled the family home in fear of retribution from her father.
Requesting anonymity to prevent any backlash, they told De Telegraaf that Ryan had a Dutch boyfriend, wanted to stop wearing a headscarf and had been beaten by her father who disagreed with her adoption of a Western lifestyle.
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wrote on last edited by [email protected]Going by this article...
https://nltimes.nl/2025/06/30/brothers-still-deny-involvement-18-year-old-sisters-honor-killing
...I would speculate that by sending the letter, Khaled al-Najjar attempts to free his sons of complicity in the crime. Whether they are or aren't complicit, is for the court to determine. Getting the man back from Syria would be a priority for the court, but given the situation in Syria, this might be difficult to arrange.
The court seems to consider the brothers either plausibly complicit or a flight risk and decided not to free them on bail.
The brothers’ lawyers requested that they be released from pre-trial custody. They have been detained for almost 13 months. Both insist that they “had nothing to do” with their sister’s murder. But the court ruled that they’ll stay in custody until the next hearing in September.
...and...
But the OM [prosecution] believes that the father enlisted his sons to pick Ryan up, drive her to a remote location, and throw her weighted body into the water. According to the OM, the three men killed Ryan because she behaved too Western and “shamed” her family.
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I'm not in a position to deep-dive into whether this specific story is true or not, but here is some information that I think is important for readers to know:
If you're not from the UK then you might not know about Daily Mail news. This is a far right "news source" that has very poor journalistic integrity and often makes shit up. They have a very strong "anti-foreigner" agenda and heavily embellish or make up stuff to stoke up sentiment about "backward savages foreigners". They are not a reliable news source at all. Wikipedia does not accept Daily Mail as a source.
Personally: if I see a Daily Mail source, I wouldn't bother reading the story at all as the "news" will be of less value than used toilet paper. These turds thrive on writing rage-bait which then circulates on social media (this story currently has a higher upvote score than any BBC, Guardian, etc sourced news recently posted to this community).
wrote on last edited by [email protected]It’s true, happened a year ago. It’s a shit show. Fucking asshole admitted but too much of a coward to do time. Fled back to his “unsafe” country to be safe.
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A Syrian refugee who fled to the Netherlands has reportedly confessed to murdering his 18-year-old daughter and dumping her body in a canal before fleeing the country in an apparent admission note sent to a Dutch newspaper.
Father-of-nine Khaled al-Najjar, 52, wrote in an email sent to De Telegraaf that he had killed his 18-year-old daughter Ryan al-Najjar, urging the publication to report 'I am the one who killed'.
The confession did not specify exactly why he had decided to murder his daughter, with al-Najjar writing only that he was 'very angry with her', adding: 'The reason is between me and the judge. I will read that in court'.
But neighbours and friends suspect Ryan's death came as the result of an honour killing, with one claiming they had previously sheltered her when she had fled the family home in fear of retribution from her father.
Requesting anonymity to prevent any backlash, they told De Telegraaf that Ryan had a Dutch boyfriend, wanted to stop wearing a headscarf and had been beaten by her father who disagreed with her adoption of a Western lifestyle.
Source:
The religion of peace. Damn.
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According to the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan, over 470 cases of honour killings were reported in Pakistan in 2021. But human rights defenders estimate that around 1,000 women are murdered in the name of honour every year.[3][4]
I was talking about state executions for adultery, which now that I think about it was not clear from the wording so apologies for that. I was trying to provide an example of how Islam delegitimizes the practice by making it almost impossible to meet the legal criteria for it, but as I said this is ultimately a cultural practice so without strong state intervention it's not going anywhere, no matter what the religion actually says.
I don't know, maybe they just fucking lie?
Prosecution does have to verify the witnesses' accounts, and falsely accusing someone of extramarital sex gets you 80 lashes, so it's not quite that simple.
wrote on last edited by [email protected]Sounds like moving the goalposts a little bit, no? Why did you have to specify "for adultery" when we're talking about the general concept of honor killings?
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It has less to do with religion and more to do with culture
No. It's far right religious extremism....
You're taking the actions of the most extreme 0.001% and using a label that applies to literally billions of people...
It's hard to believe someone cant logically understand that
wrote on last edited by [email protected]You are clueless about Islam. Please read the freaking Quran and the Hadiths there you have all the info you need, this religion is extremist by it's own nature. You seem stuck in the something something racism, Islam is not a race by the way, it is another flavor of far right but on steroids, which happened to be enemies of the Christian far right, but the enemy of our enemy is not our friend. How the left is defending this particular religion is crazy.
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Where can I read about the honor killings on English in detail: with rules, code, persecution of such practice? I'm not well versed in muslim-esque topics, so I can tell if sources are good or garbage only by my own intuition and it's unreliable.
They're not called honor killings in Islam; you're looking for hudood for the general category including punishment for illegal sexual conduct (known as Zina). The latter article has the rules you're asking for.
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Sounds like moving the goalposts a little bit, no? Why did you have to specify "for adultery" when we're talking about the general concept of honor killings?
Because that's the only case in which sexual conduct warrants death in Islam. As for the rest it's straight up not a thing. As I said Islam pretty explicitly states that cases such as the woman in the article aren't to be punished by death. The punishment is lashing if you can meet the (again, nearly impossible) standard of proof.
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What you're doing is lessening the importance of a reported fact due to its source. And that's real problematic!
wrote on last edited by [email protected]No. There may be reliable sources available instead. Racist media should not be referenced in any way except critically. They deserve no platform.
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Because that's the only case in which sexual conduct warrants death in Islam. As for the rest it's straight up not a thing. As I said Islam pretty explicitly states that cases such as the woman in the article aren't to be punished by death. The punishment is lashing if you can meet the (again, nearly impossible) standard of proof.
And yet, here we are...
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The religion of peace. Damn.
The religion prescribes death for being too westernized?
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The religion prescribes death for being too westernized?
Maybe not directly for "being too Western" but certainly it's the one providing the moral framework for allowing murder for ideological and behavioural differences.
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It’s true, happened a year ago. It’s a shit show. Fucking asshole admitted but too much of a coward to do time. Fled back to his “unsafe” country to be safe.
Hell with the former Al Nusra in power, he can put that on his CV and get a job with the police, handling domestic abuse.
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Fair but other sources also cover it:
https://nltimes.nl/2025/02/07/18-year-old-honor-killing-victim-tied-drowned-lelystad-prosecutors-sayhttps://www.atheistrepublic.com/news/fatal-traditions-shocking-honor-killing-netherlands
Edit: I've added these sources to the post
wrote on last edited by [email protected]I'm not sure if those sources are any better since I can't find anything about them. According to the other comment, there should be other articles about this case since it was on their national news for some time.
Also, some of those articles are dated from 1 year ago. Is there a reason you're posting this now, such as new updates? Else it would be against the community rules
Edit: The articles I found suggest that the father admitted to it, while the brothers deny involvement and there is another hearing coming up. What I found weird though was the screenshot states the brothers involvement as a fact.
I looked around for the logo on the screenshot, and it seems to be this organization
https://catalyticministries.com/
This other source (which I'm also unfamiliar with) points out that this organization is controversial
https://ministrywatch.com/global-catalytic-ministries-hides-behind-veil-of-secrecy/
It also summarizes the purpose of the org above:
GCM offers varying descriptions of its work, many of them characterized by grandiose but unverified claims, such as “transforming Muslims worldwide,” “750 churches planted throughout the Middle East and Central Asia,” and “bringing disciple-making methods to the West to build a decentralized network of discipleship communities that will prepare America for the end time harvest.”
Which makes the source seem, less credible...
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I'm not sure if those sources are any better since I can't find anything about them. According to the other comment, there should be other articles about this case since it was on their national news for some time.
Also, some of those articles are dated from 1 year ago. Is there a reason you're posting this now, such as new updates? Else it would be against the community rules
Edit: The articles I found suggest that the father admitted to it, while the brothers deny involvement and there is another hearing coming up. What I found weird though was the screenshot states the brothers involvement as a fact.
I looked around for the logo on the screenshot, and it seems to be this organization
https://catalyticministries.com/
This other source (which I'm also unfamiliar with) points out that this organization is controversial
https://ministrywatch.com/global-catalytic-ministries-hides-behind-veil-of-secrecy/
It also summarizes the purpose of the org above:
GCM offers varying descriptions of its work, many of them characterized by grandiose but unverified claims, such as “transforming Muslims worldwide,” “750 churches planted throughout the Middle East and Central Asia,” and “bringing disciple-making methods to the West to build a decentralized network of discipleship communities that will prepare America for the end time harvest.”
Which makes the source seem, less credible...
This is from 4 days ago.
https://nltimes.nl/2025/06/30/brothers-still-deny-involvement-18-year-old-sisters-honor-killingI only learnt about it today
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This is from 4 days ago.
https://nltimes.nl/2025/06/30/brothers-still-deny-involvement-18-year-old-sisters-honor-killingI only learnt about it today
wrote on last edited by [email protected]Ah ok, you might want to update the post title and URL fields with this article's link and the article's title. Else the mods will likely remove it, see the community rules
The article you linked doesn't confirm the current title you have up
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Back to Syria then
wrote on last edited by [email protected]Not "back to Syria" but "how to get him back from Syria, where he has presumably fled", if you read the article.
