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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. … Read entire article »

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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. … Read entire article »

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Muslims Gang-Rape Pastor’s Wife and Rob Home

Compass Direct News reports. VENNABARI, Bangladesh – The pastor of a Baptist church in this village about a 100 kilometers 62 miles south of Dhaka said that earlier this month local Muslims tied him and his wife up, robbed his living quarters on the church property and gang-raped his wife. … Read entire article »

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Muslims Drive Christian Grandparents from Home

Compass Direct reports that: DHAKA, Bangladesh – Muslims in a village in western Bangladesh have forced two brothers to expel their parents from their home for converting to Christianity. Ishmael Sheikh, 70, and his wife Rahima Khatun, 55, were baptized on Nov. 9. By the end of the month, Sheikh told Compass, Muslim neighbors in Kathuly village, near Gangni town in Meherpur district, had compelled their two sons to expel them from their house. Meherpur district is 270 kilometers (168 miles) west of Dhaka. … Read entire article »

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Buddhists Drive Christians from Home

Compass Direct News reports: DHAKA, Bangladesh – Buddhist villagers in southeastern Bangladesh’s Rangamati district last week beat a young father and drove him from his house for converting to Christianity. The Buddhists in Asambosti, in the Tabalchari area some 300 kilometers (186 miles) southeast of Dhaka, warned Sujan Chakma, 27, not to return to his home after beating him on Dec. 18. Chakma, who converted to Christianity about four months ago, has come back to his home but some nights the likelihood of attacks forces him to remain outside. He is often unable to provide for his 26-year-old wife, Shefali Chakma, and their 6-year-old son, as area residents opposed to his faith refuse to give him work as a day laborer. Chakma, his wife and son do not eat on days he does … Read entire article »

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