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Viktor Orbán's use and misuse of religion serves as a warning to Western democracies

  • Written by Garret Martin, Senior Professorial Lecturer, Co-Director Transatlantic Policy Center, American University School of International Service
Viktor Orbán's use and misuse of religion serves as a warning to Western democraciesViktor Orbán speaking at a summit on Poland on Sept. 11.Omar Marques/Getty Images

Somewhere in his journey to power in Hungary, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán had a radical religious conversion.

An atheist when he started in politics in the late 1980s, Orbán now calls himself a defender of Christianity. In an August speech...

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