25 Year Old Christian in Bangladesh Goes to Prison for Evangelism

The following is a news item from Compass Direct.  Please pray for Biplob Marandi, who is only 25 years old. Pray for him to have many opportunities to share the gospel while he is in jail for one year.  As you read the story, note that he admitted openly that he wanted to Muslims to know about Christianity.  I pray the Lord blesses him richly!

Evangelist given one year for ‘creating chaos’ by distributing literature.

DHAKA, Bangladesh, March 23 (CDN) — A Christian has been sentenced to one year in prison for “creating chaos” by selling and distributing Christian books and other literature near a major Muslim gathering north of this capital city.

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“Duty police found Marandi creating chaos as he was propagating his religion, Christianity, by distributing the tracts as a mobile court on Jan. 21 was patrolling near the field of the Bishwa Ijtema,” the verdict reads. “The accusation – creating chaos at a Muslim gathering by distributing Christian booklets and tracts – against him was read out in the court before him, and he admitted it. He also told the court that he had mainly wanted to propagate his religion, Christianity.”

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