BOALIA, Bangladesh — At the urging of local Muslim leaders, police in western Bangladesh tortured a pastor and two other Christians for legally proclaiming Christ.
Habibur Rahman, 45, pastor of Boalia Spiritual Church in Boalia, in Chuadanga district, 136 miles west of Dhaka, said he was about to meet with 11 others June 8 for a monthly meeting on evangelism when local police stormed in and seized him; Zahid Hassan, 25; and a 40-year-old Christian identified only as Fazlur. Police blindfolded them and took them to Shamvunagar police camp.
“While beating us, police told us there will be no Christians in this area,” the pastor said. “Police hurt our hands, lips, thighs and faces with burning cigarettes. They beat me in the joints of my limbs with a wooden club. They beat us for one hour, and I became senseless at some point.”
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