At least two-thirds of parliamentary members need to vote in favor for the descendents of the Huns who settled in the region in the early 4th century to be officially recognized as minority. Member of the Parliamentary Minority Commission, socialist Laszlo Donath believes that the Huns have called for minority status for financial gain, noting that the state gives 1.2 million euros of assistance annually to each of 13 officially recognized minorities. "As far as I know, Huns have been assimilated for centuries," he said. The German minority also opposes the recognition of Huns as a minority group. On the other side, the founder of the Hun Minority Foundation Imre Joshua Novak notes that ten thousand Huns live in Hungary and Hun ecclesiastic Gyorgy Kisfaludy spoke of a Hun diaspora reaching to China and Japan, saying that the Hun Foundation in Hungary has links with Chinese, Bask, Italian, and Irish Huns.
The Huns built up an empire, which ruled over Central Asia for 500 years. The Huns invaded Europe in 370AD and seized the region between the Rivers Don and Volga in the mid 4th century. Their greatest Emperor, Attila took over the region of present day Hungary and repeatedly threatened the Roman Empire through fierce campaigns and alliances with the Franks and Vandals. The Hun Empire collapsed after Attila's death in AD 453, but many people still bear the name Attila in Hungary today.
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The self-proclaimed descendants of Attila the Hun, known in the fifth century as "the scourge of God," may be granted legal recognition as an ethnic minority in Hungary after collecting enough signatures in a petition. To win such recognition in the eastern European country, groups must prove they have lived in Hungary for more than 100 years and collect 1,000 valid signatures. The parliament‘s human rights committee will discuss the issue on Tuesday after the National Elections Committee said on its Web site the number of valid signatures had exceeded 1,000. The committee will make a recommendation to parliament which will decide the issue. Some commentators have suggested that the backers of the petition are motivated by financial grants given to minorities. Hungary‘s modern-day Huns say they are far-removed from the ancient image of rape and pillage acquired when they swept across parts of Europe. "Today‘s Huns are peaceful and gentle ... we have nothing to do with bloodshed or bows and arrows," said Gyorgy Kisfaludy who describes himself as the high priest of the Huns. Kisfaludy said there were as many as 100,000 Huns in Hungary and beyond its borders. The name Hungary was given to the country by foreigners who associated the steppe tribes who arrived with Arpad, the nation‘s founder, in 896 with the Huns of four centuries earlier, even though there is no connection between the two. The Magyars acquired a bloodthirsty reputation in their own right from raids into western Europe in the 10th century, with monks praying: "From the arrows of the Huns defend us O Lord." Hungary has a Hun theme park in which the owner says Attila‘s burial mound is located and the noble Esterhazy family traced its roots to the Hun. Attila is still a popular boy‘s name in Hungary. REUTERS |