Bangladesh: Pastor Tortured by Police

[Peter]

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Bangladesh: Pastor Tortured by Police

On June 7, police raided an evangelism meeting, arrested and tortured a pastor and two others in Boalia, Bangladesh, according to The Voice of the Martyrs contacts.

Pastor Habibur Rahman, of Boalia Spiritual Church was leading the meeting when suddenly the police came in and took them to the police station. That night the police blindfolded them with cloths for few hours and beat them up. During the beatings police asked who was supporting them financially, and how long they had been evangelizing and how many people they had converted. At some point during the torture, police burned one of the believer's hands and lips with a cigarette.

VOM contacts reported that Pastor Rahman and the other two tortured believers have recovered from their injuries. They believe the attack occurred at the urging of local Muslims who are unhappy with believers' evangelism efforts in the community. VOM has provided assistance to Pastor Rahman and the other believers in Boalia.

VOM actively supports persecuted believers in Bangladesh by providing discipleship training materials, bicycles for evangelists, and emergency relief for persecuted believers. Pray for Pastor Rahman and the believers in this area as they continue serving Christ in the midst of persecution. Ask God to encourage and give them boldness.

[PeteWaldo]

Bangladesh: Christian Woman Gang-Raped By Muslim ‘Youths’, Police Would Rather Ignore It
04/17/2014 ICA

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Revelation 9:21, “And they did not repent of their murders … or their sexual immorality …”

By Sumon Corraya, AsiaNews – “More than 100 Christians and Muslims demonstrated yesterday in Dhaka against the gang rape suffered by a young Catholic woman. The violence took place on April 14 in Mohammadour, a district of the capital, during the celebration of the Bengali New Year. She was attacked by four Muslim boys. The victim, a 21-year old ethnic Garo, survived and reported them.

The young woman called Mary Thigidi Purnima and is native of the parish of Mariamnagar, in the diocese of Mymensingh. She works in Dhaka as a beautician in the ‘Person’ beauty center.

On the day of the attack the victim was going to celebrate with a cousin when four Muslim boys accosted her, dragged her away and raped her. After the violence Purnima was able to call her brother in law, who was looking for her. After finding her, the girl filed a complaint against her attackers and one of them – Alif Ahmed – has already been arrested. The police is on the trail of the others.

The girl and her family do not feel protected: the relatives of the rapists continue to threaten them, warning them to drop the charges. But Purnima explains: ‘Many girls do not report rapes out of fear, but that’s why so many perpetrators remain free. Instead I want them to be brought before the courts’.

Among those present at yesterday’s event were many Christian students, and even some Muslims. The protest was organized by the Bangladesh Garo Chatra Sangathan (BGCS), a Garo tribal student organization. The President Sabuj Nokrek told AsiaNews: ‘If the tribal women are raped, the police do not want to deal with the case. The don’t investigate properly or provide security to the families of the victims. This worries us’.

According to data released during the protest, since the beginning of 2014 at least nine tribal women have suffered sexual violence, and two of them were killed after the attack. In 2013, a total of 67 tribal women and girls were raped.” Source – AsiaNews.

Al Rod Al Anf, Volume 2, Page 182: “You see [our god Allah] will soon make you inherit their land, their treasures and make you sleep with their women.” – The “prophet” Mohammed

Flashback: Bangladesh: Islamist Victories Sweep Nationwide Municipal Elections – “The latest municipal elections in Bangladesh marks a turning point in the country’s politics. The Awami League (AL) lost everywhere: in Sylhet, Barisal, Rajshahi, Khulna and Gazipur. Candidates running for the main opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) won in every city where elections were held, taking control from the ruling secular-oriented AL. Two factors explain THE shift. On the one hand, corruption is rampant within the Al; on the other, religion has been used for political ends.” Read more.

Flashback: Rape Jihad: ‘Perpetrators Justify Sexual Terrorism By Claiming That The Prophet Mohammed Sanctioned The Rape’ – “The victim lives in silence; either too scared of reprisal or too ashamed to talk. Her physical scars may heal but the emotional ones are deeply buried. Her family is torn; glad she survived the ordeal and desperate for justice, yet fearing victimisation by the perpetrators, the community and beyond. This is the portrait of an African who has endured a harrowing experience at the hands of men who rape in the name of religion. This is the portrait of an individual who has been the victim of sexual terrorism. Some call it ‘rape jihad’, others opt for ‘sexual terrorism’ or ‘forced marriage’. Whatever one may choose to call it, when terrorism meets sexual violence it is two crimes too many.” Read more.