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Syrian woman Ryan Al Najjar was found dead in the Netherlands, submerged in a lake with her hands and feet tightly bound, after she was allegedly targeted by her father and brothers for refusing to wear a headscarf in public-like settings.The alleged suspects face decades in prison if convicted.Nov 30, 2025 | 8:43 PMDutch prosecutors demanded Friday that a Muslim father and his two sons face up to 25 years in prison for allegedly drowning an 18-year-old family member because they believed her “Western” behavior was bringing shame to the family.The body of Syrian woman Ryan Al Najjar was found submerged in a lake with hands and feet bound tightly on May 28, 2024, near Joure in northern Netherlands, six days after disappearing, according to authorities. Officials arrested her father and two brothers, then aged 22 and 24, and charged them in connection with her killing, which prosecutors said likely happened on May 22.“They saw Ryan as a burden that had to be removed,” the Public Prosecution Service said Friday. “Just because she was a young woman who wanted to live her own life.”Authorities said her male relatives, who come from what they described as a “strict” Islamic family, allegedly killed her after believing she was “behaving too Western in the eyes of her family.” Al Najjar was reportedly targeted after refusing to wear a headscarf in public-like settings.https://www.wfiwradio.com/2025/11/30/muslim-dad-sons-allegedly-drowned-teen-over-western-lifestyle-refusing-to-wear-headscarf/