International consultation on Christian persecution – 2nd day
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Hungary has a “natural obligation” to shelter and assist Christians facing persecution, deputy Prime Minister Zsolt Semjén told a conference held on the subject in Budapest, on Friday.
Semjén argued that Hungary was a country “with a Christian identity and linked to Christianity through its history, culture, and traditions”.
In his address, Semjén said that persecution of Christians in the world was “obvious” and insisted that four out of five people suffering because of their religion were Christians. He said that Hungary was “very generous” in terms of accommodating Christians from other countries, but added that
“the goal is not to empty the East of its Christians”.
He urged that Islamist perpetrators of the anti-Christian mass murders should be brought to trial in the Hague.
