“We won’t allow Christians to be attacked in Hungary!”

Tristan Azbej: Extreme islamism and woke culture are simultaneously attacking Europe.

Support instead of migration

Since its inception, the Hungary Helps program has been aggressively attacked by the left: what’s the point of providing aid abroad while we have plenty to fund here at home like healthcare, education etc.? The politician in charge of the program replied to this criticism: the left is attacking this program because they support migration. The Hungary Helps program is not only popular and exemplary in Hungary but also internationally. “The domestic left, upon noting the success of the program, has tried to discredit our mission in several ways – because the goal of the left is to fill Europe with migrants, to change its population and culture, and take down nations.” He added: “if the Gyurcsány–Bajnai–Márki-Zay left comes to power, our country will become a country of migrants as well.”

They support integrating the migrants, not helping them in their home countries where the problems lie. It is a valid question: why is it in the interest of the Hungarian people to sacrifice money abroad for the survival of these communities through this international assistance program? “This topic doesn’t affect everyone, not everyone feels solidarity with persecuted

Christian communities in the Middle East for example. That’s why it's important to discuss that the survival of communities is at stake here along with serving the security and material interests of the Hungarian people. After all, accepting migrants is not only riskier but also more expensive as opposed to supporting their situation at home. From the amount of money that it takes to build a house here in Hungary for a migrant family, we can build five houses in the Middle East and ten in Sub-Saharan Africa. Thus, anyone who supports migration over providing aid at home for these people, simply wants to take money from the Hungarian peoples’ pockets,” explained Tristan Azbej. He believes that a portion of the migrants pose a risk to host societies, especially where parallel communities are forming. Meanwhile, migration is bad for the origin countries too as they lose their youth who would help them rebuild the country.

Two-front attack

Tristan Azbej believes there are two major threats to Western Europe today. One is the extremist Islamism that is coming along with migration and leading to increasing serious terror attacks in Europe. The other can be called extreme liberalism, militant atheism, or the increasingly aggressive woke culture; it’s not only attacking our Christian cultural values, but also trying to oust Christian values, believers and references from public life. “They are currently experimenting with restricting the fundamental human rights of Christians, the right to freedom of religion and conscience,” said the secretary. These are the dangers that could appear in Hungary as well, but with the construction of the border fence and anti-migration measures, we have so far successfully prevented a larger Muslim community from entering and reshaping our culture, including the dangerous minority who may represent political extremist Islamism. “As long as this government remains in Hungary, we will protect our country from this danger,” he declared. He emphasized that signs of aggressive anti-Christianity are being detected more and more often in Hungary, which can be clearly linked to the left-wing politicians and their spiritual cliques. “Such is when for example, left-wing journalists attack and insult religious symbols and ideals that are sacred to Christian people and form part of their identity, thus violating the dignity of Christians. But these also include hate speech and openly anti-Church and anti-Christian incitement, including the statements from Peter Niedermuller of the DK party (Democratic Coalition) when he spoke of the ‘white, heterosexual, Christian formations’ that frightened him.” The politician believes that we can see exactly from the crises throughout history that dehumanization is always the last step before acts of violence. “We reject this and will now allow Christians in Hungary to be

persecuted, and if they are, we will stand up for them in the most assertive way possible,” he emphasized.

In connection with the future plans of the Hungary Helps program, we learned that in addition to the results on paper, an important mission has become presenting Hungary in foreign countries. According to the State Secretary, many Hungarians support the Hungary Helps mission. “People are sending reinforcements, donations, and want to volunteer for our program. In other words, due to our mission and conscientious commitment, the Hungary Helps program will continue next year, serving the needs of persecuted Christians.” He added that where we are able to save lives, we will strive to do so, and we want to protect as many people as possible from being forced to choose migration instead of staying in their homeland. The Middle East and Africa will remain at the helm of the program, but they will also support the Balkans and surrounding countries if it is necessary.