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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 [email protected]

    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.

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    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?

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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.

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      • M [email protected]

        What you're doing is lessening the importance of a reported fact due to its source. And that's real problematic!

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        #64

        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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        • N [email protected]

          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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          And yet, here we are...

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          • zanyllama52@infosec.pubZ [email protected]

            The religion of peace. Damn.

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            #66

            The religion prescribes death for being too westernized?

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            • hark@lemmy.worldH [email protected]

              The religion prescribes death for being too westernized?

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              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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              • N [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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                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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                • anonomouswolf@lemmy.worldA [email protected]

                  Fair but other sources also cover it:
                  https://nltimes.nl/2025/02/07/18-year-old-honor-killing-victim-tied-drowned-lelystad-prosecutors-say

                  https://www.atheistrepublic.com/news/fatal-traditions-shocking-honor-killing-netherlands

                  Edit: I've added these sources to the post

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                  #69

                  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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                  • otter@lemmy.caO [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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                    #70

                    This is from 4 days ago.
                    https://nltimes.nl/2025/06/30/brothers-still-deny-involvement-18-year-old-sisters-honor-killing

                    I only learnt about it today

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                    • anonomouswolf@lemmy.worldA [email protected]

                      This is from 4 days ago.
                      https://nltimes.nl/2025/06/30/brothers-still-deny-involvement-18-year-old-sisters-honor-killing

                      I only learnt about it today

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                      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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                      • F [email protected]

                        Back to Syria then

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                        #72

                        Not "back to Syria" but "how to get him back from Syria, where he has presumably fled", if you read the article.

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                        • P [email protected]

                          And yet, here we are...

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                          I mean, yes, because people are horrible and culture has a way of trumping religion. "Honor" killings are a thing in the Middle East and South Asia to varying degrees and I hate it, but Islam is—if anything—a restraining force on such actions and a framework within which people who commit them can be punished.

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                          • C [email protected]

                            Why go back to Syria when you can forever box?

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                            #74

                            Yes, let's meme a lot, that will help everyone understand what is going on.

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                            • anonomouswolf@lemmy.worldA [email protected]

                              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:

                              1. https://nltimes.nl/2025/06/30/brothers-still-deny-involvement-18-year-old-sisters-honor-killing

                              2. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13501735/Syrian-refugee-murders-Westernised-daughter-18-honour-killing-dumps-canal-started-dating-local-Dutch-boy-wanted-stop-wearing-headscarf.html

                              3. https://www.atheistrepublic.com/news/fatal-traditions-shocking-honor-killing-netherlands

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                              Killed for not acting the way men expect them to act? That sounds pretty USian to be honest.

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                              • otter@lemmy.caO [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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                                Thanks will do

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                                • N [email protected]

                                  I mean, yes, because people are horrible and culture has a way of trumping religion. "Honor" killings are a thing in the Middle East and South Asia to varying degrees and I hate it, but Islam is—if anything—a restraining force on such actions and a framework within which people who commit them can be punished.

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                                  Do the people committing these acts typically deny that their religious views played a role (or were the sole reason) for what they did?

                                  I'm sorry, I just don't buy it. We know how Islam generally treats women in practice. We know how they view chastity. We know how some of them feel about girls even going to school.

                                  Why else would they murder their child, if not because of their religious views?

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                                  • D [email protected]

                                    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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                                    But abortion? Can't do that, you're killing a child!

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                                    • otter@lemmy.caO [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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                                      @[email protected] I've added some more context around the screenshot. Would you be able to replace it with your recent article link?

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                                      • hark@lemmy.worldH [email protected]

                                        The religion prescribes death for being too westernized?

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                                        I once heard a boy about 15-17 talk openly and loudly on the bus whilst on the phone about how he's going to kill his sister because of who she's dating and he didn't like it (in England). He said that he previously hit her to hit some sense in to her. He was Pakistani and boasting about this on the phone. I saw another boy about the same age shouting at a girl also about the same age, "hurry up you fat slut" and "f*cking get up these steps whore" forcing her to walk up and down steps in a library because she was honestly, slightly chubby by today's standards, in an attempt to make her slim. I touched her arm to get her attention as she passed and said she didn't have to put up with this and she needs to report it, whilst another girl overheard it and was like wtf and we both reported it. She kept apologising for him about how he didn't mean it and so on. He came up to me and was like 'bro, bro, what you think you doin' touchin' my girl? touch her again and i'll knock you out'. I had to stop myself from laughing because this kid was like a 1.6m skinny shit!

                                        Still, this is normal in their culture. You either understand, or you really can't imagine how normalised it is.

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                                        • N [email protected]

                                          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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                                          Other Sunni schools of jurisprudence rely on early Islamic scholars who state that a fetus can "sleep and stop developing for 5 years in a womb"

                                          Glad to hear this justice system is so smart, well developed and based on ground realities!

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