Death threats against bishops in Bangladesh
December 29, 2015
Two bishops in Bangladesh received death threats from radical Muslims in the days before Christmas, according to an AsiaNews report.
In all, 37 Christian leaders have received death threats since October.
“Christians are very much afraid,” said the general secretary of the National Council of Churches of Bangladesh. “We must remember that we are children of this land and we cannot give in to threats. Most people are with us."
The South Asian nation of 169 million is nearly 90% Muslim, nearly 10% Hindu, and 0.2% Catholic.
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