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the poor guy who went to Umrah for his honeymoon.
Reporting from Bangladesh and Saudi-linked sources identifies Nazrul as a migrant worker in Saudi Arabia, not a man who travelled there for a honeymoon Umrah trip.
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Bangladeshi reporting published after the execution identifies Nazrul Islam as a worker, not a honeymoon pilgrim. The Daily Star reported on October 20, 2026 that he "left for Saudi Arabia on November 10, 2022, and worked as a cleaner," and that he was arrested about six months later. Separately, Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha (BSS) reported on October 17, 2026 that Bangladesh had learned "two Bangladeshi expatriate workers" had been executed.
Those details conflict with the post's claim that he was "the poor guy who went to Umrah for his honeymoon." The available reporting instead places him in Saudi Arabia as a labor migrant who had been there since 2022, not as a newlywed making a honeymoon Umrah trip.
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- Bangladeshi Nazrul Islam Executed in Saudi Arabia | 'Our son was killed without a fair trial' | The Daily Star
Nazrul, 22, the eldest of four siblings, left for Saudi Arabia on November 10, 2022, and worked as a cleaner, according to his family. Six months after his departure, Saudi police arrested him...
- Dhaka seeks Saudi explanation over two Bangladeshis' executions | BSS
She said Bangladesh came to know on October 14 that two Bangladeshi expatriate workers had been sentenced to death under Saudi Arabian law and that their sentences had already been executed.
What they call "immoral behavior" is the man kissing the woman while they were posing for a photo...
This specific photo/kiss account tracks a debunked viral video claim. Saudi-linked reporting said the circulating video was false and not evidence in the case, and the official Saudi statement did not describe the offense as a posed photo or simple kiss.
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The post states as fact that the alleged "immoral behavior" was a man kissing a woman while they posed for a photo. But reporting tied to the case says the viral video used to support that story was false.
Khaleej Times reported on October 20, 2026 that after the executions, a video of a man and woman near the Black Stone was circulated online and linked to the case, but "The video being circulated with this claim is false and is not evidence of their execution," according to The Holy Mosques account. The same article says the Saudi Interior Ministry's statement did not provide more details about the conduct.
The official Saudi Press Agency statement likewise did not describe a photo pose or a kiss. It said the two Bangladeshis were convicted of committing "فعل الفاحشة داخل أحد المساجد بالعاصمة المقدسة"—an obscene/indecent act inside one of the mosques in Makkah—and that the court imposed ta'zir death sentences because of the gravity of the violation.
So this post is repeating a specific social-media narrative that has been contradicted by reporting on the viral clip and is not what the official Saudi statement said happened.
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- Viral video on indecent act in Makkah that led to 2 executions is 'misleading' | Khaleej Times
Following the news of the execution, a video of a man and a woman near Al Hajar Al Aswad ... went viral online... "The video being circulated with this claim is false and is not evidence of their execution," The Holy Mosques X account said.
- عام / تنفيذ حُكم القتل تعزيرًا بجانيين في منطقة مكة المكرمة | Saudi Press Agency
أقدم كل من/ نذر ال اسلام عبد ال بصير والمرأة/ سيتي اختر -بنجلاديشيي الجنسية- على فعل الفاحشة داخل أحد المساجد بالعاصمة المقدسة... صدر بحقهما حُكم يقضي ... والحُكم بقتلهما تعزيرًا