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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
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 »
Filed under: Bangladesh, Christian, Compass Direct, Muslim, Persecution
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 plight of the Christians is horrifying.” Local government council officials in Jorachuri sub-district in Rangamati district, some 300 kilometers (186 miles) southeast of Dhaka, are helping the Buddhist monks to hold the Christians against their will, he said. “The 13 tribal Christians were taken forcefully to a pagoda on Dec. 10 to accept Buddhism against their will,” he said. “They will be kept in a pagoda for 10 days to perform the rituals to be Buddhists – … Read entire article »
Filed under: Bangladesh, Buddhism, Christian, Compass Direct, Persecution
Christian Family Beaten, Cut and Face Charges
Compass Direct News reports: MALUMGHAT, Bangladesh – The harassment that Bangladeshi converts from Islam face from Muslim neighbors in this southeastern area near Cox’s Bazar can take serious turns – as it did last month, when an attack by about a dozen Muslims left a Christian family with machete wounds. … Read entire article »
Filed under: Bangladesh, Christian, Muslim, Persecution
