Understanding Viktor Orbán’s Purportedly ‘Unlimited’ Emergency Powers over Hungary

Allah's Willing Executioners

By Mario Alexis Portella

Hungarian Prime MinisterViktor Orbánis one of the most controversial national leaders in the Western world. Just over a month ago, his majority Fidesz (Hungarian Civic Alliance) Party pushed through the“unlimited” emergency powersby a two-thirds majority of Parliament on March 30.

Orbán has been harshly criticized by the European Union for his firm stance in keeping (predominantly Muslim) refugees from entering Hungary ever since he closed the borders to them in 2015.  Consequently, Orbán has been accused by the international community of being an Islamophobe, especially after he said: “Islam has never been part of Europe, it came to us.  We in Hungary decide what we want or don’t want. We don’t want that.” 

What Orbán’s critics failed to mention is that Hungary,a country of just under 10 million, was ruled for over a century by the oppressive Islamic Turks and…

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