Source: Voice of America News
On November 19, 2003 Voice of America News reported, "Temples, churches, synagogues and prayer halls in the Hungarian capital of Budapest are participating in what is being called the Week of World Religions, opening to visitors and sending their members out to explain their beliefs. The goal is to promote tolerance at a time that some believers are coming under renewed pressure...Curious visitors are...being admitted to...churches and facilities of thriving Hindu, Buddhist, Jewish, Muslim and Hare Krishna communities. The week's chief organizer and president of the Religious Information and Education Center, Tamas Barabas, says the week promotes tolerance and aims to help people rediscover their identity after decades of religious repression under Communism."