Christian Personal Checks

Buddhist Extremists in Bangladesh Beat, Take Christians Captive

By Dan Wooding, Founder of ASSIST Ministries

DHAKA, BANGLADESH (ANS) — Compass Direct News (CDN) is reporting that Buddhist members of an armed rebel group and their sympathizers are holding three tribal Christians captive in a pagoda in southeastern Bangladesh after severely beating them in an attempt to force them to return to Buddhism, Christian sources >>>Continue reading >>>

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 >>>Continue reading >>>

Buddhist Mobs Attack Churches in Sri Lanka

Compass Direct News reports:

Buddhist mobs attacked several churches in Sri Lanka last week, threatening to kill a pastor in the southern province of Hambanthota and ransacking a 150-year-old Methodist church building in the capital.

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 >>>Continue reading >>>

Christians Taken Captive by Buddhist Monks

Compass Direct News reports:

DHAKA, Bangladesh – Buddhist clerics and local council officials are holding 13 newly converted Christians captive in a pagoda in a southeastern mountainous district of Bangladesh in an attempt to forcibly return them to Buddhism.

A spokesman for the Parbatta Adivasi (Hill Tract) Christian Church told Compass on condition of anonymity that “the >>>Continue reading >>>