{"id":891,"date":"2012-03-15T08:58:51","date_gmt":"2012-03-15T08:58:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jwforum.net\/news\/2012\/03\/15\/jehovahs-witnesses-in-hungary-granted-official-religious-status\/"},"modified":"2012-03-15T08:58:51","modified_gmt":"2012-03-15T08:58:51","slug":"jehovahs-witnesses-in-hungary-granted-official-religious-status","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jwforum.net\/portal\/jehovahs-witnesses-in-hungary-granted-official-religious-status\/","title":{"rendered":"Jehovah\u2019s Witnesses in Hungary granted official religious status"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align: justify\">BUDAPEST, Hungary\u2014Jehovah\u2019s Witnesses around the world rejoiced with their fellow worshippers in Hungary after they received official recognition as a religious community by the Hungarian Parliament on February 27, 2012. This brings the total number of registered religions in Hungary to 32.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify\">Istv\u00e1n Jakab, a member of the Branch Committee of Jehovah\u2019s Witnesses in Hungary, reacted to the announcement, \u201cFor more than one hundred years, Jehovah\u2019s Witnesses in Hungary have been promoting Christian values found in the Bible as we engage in our public ministry. This new legal status will protect our right to continue sharing this peaceful message with our neighbors.\u201d<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify\">While churches and religious communities are entitled to receive financial support from the Hungarian government, the Witnesses\u2019 Bible education work has always been financed by voluntary donations. This standard is practiced by Jehovah\u2019s Witnesses worldwide.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify\">Jehovah\u2019s Witnesses expect this recognition to have an impact on other countries as well. Jakab stated: \u201cWe are confident that this recognition is a positive sign that freedom of religion and the rights of minorities will be protected in Hungary\u2014which ultimately benefits society as a whole.\u201d<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify\">Media Contacts:<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify\">J. R. Brown, Office of Public Information, tel. +1 718 560 5600<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify\">Hungary: Tibor Sztankovits, tel. +36 1 401 1112<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BUDAPEST, Hungary\u2014Jehovah\u2019s Witnesses around the world rejoiced with their fellow worshippers in Hungary after they received official recognition as a religious community by the Hungarian Parliament on February 27, 2012. This brings the total number&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-891","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jwforum.net\/portal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/891","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jwforum.net\/portal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jwforum.net\/portal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jwforum.net\/portal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jwforum.net\/portal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=891"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/jwforum.net\/portal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/891\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jwforum.net\/portal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=891"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jwforum.net\/portal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=891"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jwforum.net\/portal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=891"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}