Posted on 10/16/2017 5:16:38 PM PDT by marshmallow
Prime Minister Viktor Orbán opens conference by calling on nations, particularly in Europe, to cast aside political correctness, stand up against Christian persecution, and defend the roots of Christian civilization.
It is time for Europe to free itself from the shackles of political correctness, speak the truth, and face the facts about the violent persecution of Christians, Hungarys Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said on Thursday.
In a hard-hitting speech delivered at the opening of the first major conference ever held by a government in support of persecuted Christians, Orbán said that the forced expulsion of Christians from parts of the Middle East and Africa are crimes against the people and communities concerned that also threaten our European values.
The world should understand that what is at stake today is nothing less than the future of the European way of life, and of our identity, he told the delegates in Budapest.
Over 300 participants from 30 countries, including Christian leaders and representatives from think tanks and charities, gathered for the Oct. 11-13 international consultation on Christian persecution Finding the Appropriate Answers to a Long Neglected Crisis.
The Hungarian leader, who has been an outspoken defender of Christian values in Europe and has suffered a backlash from the European Union and others as a result said it is time to liberate the issue from the shackles of political correctness and human rights incantations which conflate everything with everything else.
Rather, he said, we are duty bound to use facts and straight-forward language in describing these events and to identify the dangers that threaten us. Four out of five persecuted people are Christians, Orbán noted, and the religion is the most persecuted in the world today, yet the international media gives it little coverage.
Furthermore, he said the greatest danger.....
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I love this Viktor Orban fella. ;-D
Good.
Islamists have it down to the science. They claim persecution, yet are on the offensive in all fronts. Christians only claim persecution.
Good. Other EU countries should follow Hungary’s example.
When you look at Hungary's faithful and unapologetic Christian past it's easy to see why this is happening.
Budapest, like many European cities, has a church on every corner.
Did all of this faith and believing go down the tubes because of leftist crap and political correctness...?
I think not.
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