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Christian Convert Hacked to Death in Bangladesh
Yahoo News ^ | 3/22/16 | AFP

Posted on 03/23/2016 1:55:30 PM PDT by marshmallow

Unidentified attackers hacked a Christian convert to death in northern Bangladesh Tuesday, amid growing attacks on religious minorities by suspected Islamist militants in the Muslim-majority country.

Police said at least two attackers stopped Hossain Ali while the 68-year-old was taking his regular morning walk in the town of Kurigram and then lunged at his neck with sharp weapons.

"He died on the spot. The attackers exploded a molotov cocktail to create panic and left the scene on a motorcycle," Kurigram district police chief Tobarak Ullah told AFP.

Ullah said Ali had converted to Christianity from Islam in 1999 but he was not sure whether the deadly attack was carried out by Islamists or if there was another motive.

"He was not a pastor or reputed Christian. Also there were some disputes over his family properties," Ullah said.

Nobody has claimed responsibility for the killing.

But in recent months militants claiming to be soldiers of the Islamic State group have claimed responsibility for a series of attacks on converts and minorities including Shiite, Sufi and Ahmadi Muslims, Christians and Hindus.

(Excerpt) Read more at news.yahoo.com ...


TOPICS: Current Events; Islam; Religion & Culture
KEYWORDS: christians; convert; muslimworld; persecution

1 posted on 03/23/2016 1:55:30 PM PDT by marshmallow
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To: marshmallow

Amish again?


2 posted on 03/23/2016 1:57:03 PM PDT by Resolute Conservative
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To: Resolute Conservative

Must be!


3 posted on 03/23/2016 2:01:59 PM PDT by Lent
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To: marshmallow

[ Ullah said Ali had converted to Christianity from Islam in 1999 but he was not sure whether the deadly attack was carried out by Islamists or if there was another motive. ]

It was probably another motive, he prolly just took one rupee too many from the take a dinar leave a dinar tray at the local 711....

Can’t be Islam, can never be Islam... /EXTREME SARCASM


4 posted on 03/23/2016 2:05:32 PM PDT by GraceG (The election doesn't pick the next president, it is an audition for "American Emperor"...)
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To: Resolute Conservative
Amish again?

No asshole. Furthermore, innocent people getting slaughtered funny.

Attempt at humor 2 photo Itisnorsquotfunnyanymore_zpsd854dd01.jpg

5 posted on 03/23/2016 2:08:29 PM PDT by Cobra64 (Common sense isn't common any more.)
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To: Lent

See #5


6 posted on 03/23/2016 2:09:37 PM PDT by Cobra64 (Common sense isn't common any more.)
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To: Cobra64

Nice adjective. Must be a Trumpeteer.


7 posted on 03/23/2016 2:13:18 PM PDT by Resolute Conservative
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To: marshmallow

Islam is a sick, sick religion practiced by stooges and fools. Mohammed was a child-raping mass murderer.


8 posted on 03/23/2016 2:14:23 PM PDT by alstewartfan (Though we spend our lives in isolation Girdled 'round by the Emerald Sea No fear shall we know. Al S)
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To: Cobra64

The humour is directed at the press. Its gallous humour.The ambivalence left by the story invites cynicism.


9 posted on 03/23/2016 2:27:22 PM PDT by Lent
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To: Cobra64

Actually it’s ‘gallows’ humour with all due respect to my spelling teachers of the past.


10 posted on 03/23/2016 2:32:14 PM PDT by Lent
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To: Cobra64

Actually it’s ‘gallows’ humour with all due respect to my spelling teachers of the past.


11 posted on 03/23/2016 2:32:16 PM PDT by Lent
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To: marshmallow

The mainstream media is still waiting for the REAL reason that he was brutally murdered...


12 posted on 03/23/2016 2:55:30 PM PDT by jimmygrace
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To: Resolute Conservative

Yeah, I wondered what they do on the days when the market isn’t open.


13 posted on 03/23/2016 3:22:06 PM PDT by TBP (0bama lies, Granny dies.)
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To: marshmallow

Presumably Islamofascists. They should be eradicated. If a lot of others get killed along the way, well, that’s the sad reality of war. And make no mistake — it IS a war.

Now, I’d give the government there first crack. You act within a specified period or we will.


14 posted on 03/23/2016 3:24:17 PM PDT by TBP (0bama lies, Granny dies.)
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To: marshmallow
I wonder if George Harrison anticipated that Bangladesh would,in a few short years,become just about the most savage and medieval country on the planet.
15 posted on 03/23/2016 3:37:00 PM PDT by Gay State Conservative (Obamanomics:Trickle Up Poverty)
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To: marshmallow

Wow, good thing that they have gun control laws there or he could have been shot.


16 posted on 03/23/2016 8:55:30 PM PDT by terycarl (COMMON SENSE PREVAILS OVER ALL)
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