Posted on 08/06/2005 4:44:54 PM PDT by wagglebee
Two Christian men showing the "Jesus" film were killed in Faridpur, Bangladesh.
Lipial Marandi, 21, and Tapan Kumar Roy, 27, were employed with Christian Life Bangladesh, a partner agency of Campus Crusade for Christ, the American-based evangelistic group.
Amid strong outrage voiced at their July 29 murders, Bengali Christians are planning a rally in support of their families.
The two men had spent the last eight months providing health awareness programs to locals and showing the "Jesus" film.
The two-hour docudrama about the life of Christ, based on the Gospel of Luke, has been seen in every country of the world and translated into hundreds of languages.
The men had received threats that they would be killed if they continued their work, and local police say they were sleeping when intruders entered their rented house at 2 a.m. and stabbed them to death. Police have arrested two men in connection with the killings.
"We express our deepest sympathies to the families of Lipial and Tapan," said Thomas Abraham, vice president of Asia Campus Crusade for Christ. "We are saddened by the hatred of those who would commit such acts of violence."
It was the second murder of Christian Life Bangladesh workers. In April, 2003, Hridoy Roy was killed in a similar incident. The perpetrators of Hridoy's murder were never convicted.
"We are seeing an increased trend towards persecution of Christians in Bangladesh, and the Christian community in America is concerned," said Abraham. "We urge the Bengali government to bring the murderers to justice and uphold the Bangladesh constitution which protects religious freedom."
The Bengali Christian community and several newspapers have expressed outrage toward the murders.
Bengali Christians plan to hold a rally to voice their sympathy toward the families of the victims and to show of unity. A memorandum from the Christian community will be sent to the Bangladesh Prime Minister urging immediate action.
Two more martyrs for Christ. God grant them peace at Your side.
bttt
10 Blessed are they which are persecuted for righteousness sake: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
11 Blessed are ye, when men shall revile you, and persecute you, and shall say all manner of evil against you falsely, for my sake.
12 Rejoice, and be exceeding glad: for great is your reward in heaven: for so persecuted they the prophets which were before you.
The fact that Islam spread its poison to far off lands like these is a tragedy. If there were true justice, Christians worldwide would amass an army of 100 million souls, to free all comquered peoples from the satanic grip of Islam.
Of course. They were...Laplanders!
Prayers up for these folks.
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