The Hungarian Constitution of 1972 guarantees liberty of conscience and freedom of worship to all citizens. The constitution declares that church and state are separate.
The 1996 US State Department Report on Human Rights says that, although there is no officially preferred religion, the state distributes subsidies to about three dozen religions which are officially recognized. In 1995, the government distributed $113 million dollars in subsidies. The government has been returning some property to religious orders and schools which was confiscated during the communist era.
The government has been assisting the Jewish community in several ways. In September 1996, the president officially reopened a synagogue in Budapest for which it had provided more than $500,000 for reconstruction. In October 1996, Parliament passed a Jewish Restitution Decree, allocating $250 million for restitution. In December of 1996, the government began debate on funding for a Jewish foundation which will distribute funds to Hungarian Holocaust survivors and oversee property and restitution claims by heirs of Holocaust victims.
2003 US State Department International Religious Freedom Report on Hungary
Oslo Coalition on Freedom of Religion or Belief Report on Hungary
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