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Bangladesh: “Muslims in Bangladesh Seize Land Used by Church”

Bangladesh: “Muslims in Bangladesh Seize Land Used by Church”
COMPASS reports:
— “Bengali-speaking settlers file case against Christians; one threatens, ‘I will finish your life.'”
— “DHAKA, Bangladesh, September 1 (CDN) — Bengali-speaking, Muslim settlers have seized five acres of abandoned government property used by a church and falsedly charged Christians with damaging the land in southeastern Bangladesh’s Khagrachari hill district, Christian leaders said.”
— “Kiron Joti Chakma, field director of Grace Baptist Church in Khagrachari district, told Compass that the settlers had taken over the church building and the five acres of land in Reservechara village in June and filed a case on Aug. 4 against five tribal Christians. The Bengali-speaking Muslims had come from other areas of Bangladesh in a government resettlement program that began in 1980.”