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Christian in Bangladesh Goes to Prison for Evangelism
By Dan Wooding Founder of ASSIST Ministries DHAKA, BANGLADESH (ANS) – Compass Direct News (CDN) is reporting that a Christian in Bangladesh has been sentenced to one year in prison for “creating chaos” by selling and distributing Christian books and other literature near a major Muslim gathering north of this capital city. CDN says that a magistrate court in Gazipur district handed down the sentence to Biplob Marandi, a 25-year-old tribal Christian, on Feb. 28 after he was arrested near the massive Bishwa Ijtema (World Muslim Congregation) on the banks of the Turag River near Tongi town on Jan. 21. “Duty police found Marandi creating chaos as he was propagating his religion, Christianity, by distributing the tracts as a mobile court on Jan. 21 was patrolling near the field of the Bishwa Ijtema,” the … Read entire article »
Filed under: Assist News Service, Bangladesh, Compass Direct
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 said. … Read entire article »
Filed under: Assist News Service, Bangladesh, Buddhism, Persecution
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 entire article »
Filed under: Bangladesh, Christian, Compass Direct, Muslim, Persecution
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 entire article »
Filed under: Bangladesh, Christian, Compass Direct, Muslim, Persecution
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 … Read entire article »
Filed under: Bangladesh, Buddhism, Christian, Compass Direct, Persecution
