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Archive for the ‘Bangladesh’ Category
Police Torture Pastor and Two Others in Bangladesh
Compass Direct News reports
DHAKA, Bangladesh – At the urging of local Muslim leaders, police in western Bangladesh have tortured a pastor and two other Christians for legally proclaiming Christ.
Habibur Rahman, 45, pastor of Boalia Spiritual Church Boalia Ruhani Jamat in Boalia in Cuadanga district, 220 kilometers 136 miles west of Dhaka, said he was about to meet with 11 others for a monthly meeting on evangelism at 8 p.m. on June 8 when local police stormed in and seized him and Zahid Hassan, 25, and a 40-year-old Christian identified only as Fazlur. Read the rest of this entry »
Evangelists Beaten by Muslim Villagers in Bangladesh
Compass Direct News reports
Nearly four months after Muslim villagers furiously beat two evangelists for showing the “Jesus Film,” one of the Christians is still receiving treatment for nerve damage to his hip. Read the rest of this entry »
Buddhist Cremation Rite Forced on Christians
Compass Direct News reports that
Buddhist villagers in southeastern Bangladesh forced Christians to participate in a Buddhist cremation rite for a deceased family member last weekend and demanded money for a post-funeral ceremony.
Uttam Lal Chakma, 55, died last Friday May 15 after a long illness in Dighinala sub-district of Khagrachari hill district, some 400 kilometers 250 miles southeast of Dhaka. A member of Mynasukhnachari Baptist Church in the Babuchara neighborhood, Chakma had converted from Buddhism to Christianity two years ago.
Pastor Vubon Chakma and Christian villagers sought to give him a Christian burial the next day, but a hostile group of local Buddhists forcibly stopped them from doing so, according to a local Christian source.
The source told Compass that a member of the Buddhist group told family members, “He was born as a Buddhist, and he will be buried as a Buddhist.”
Read the full story at Compass Direct News.
The Overcomers Video – Bangladesh
A Pastor and his wife were recently attacked in Bangladesh. 55 year old Pastor Shankar Hazra and his 45 year old wife Depali were assaulted by Muslims outside their home on the Chaksing Baptist church property in Gopalganj district.
Bible Student Beaten by Muslim Pilgrims
Compass Direct News reports:
DHAKA, Bangladesh – Pilgrims to a massive Islamic conference near this capital city on Sunday Feb. 1 beat and threatened to kill a Bible school student as he distributed Christian literature.