Happiness can be found in giving, rather than taking
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Lubomír Müller was born in 1954 in Prague into the family of a tinsmith and a jeweler. In the late 1960s he had met people active as Jehovah’s Witnesses. In 1969 he joined the church himself, and was soon after followed by his parents and sister. In 1973 he was admitted to the Faculty of Law, Charles University in Prague. At the beginning of his third year of studies he was arrested by the secret police whose corps had stormed one of the Jehovah’s Witnesses meetings where he had lectured. He was sentenced to six months in prison for leading an illegal gathering and practicing spiritual work without state permit. Consequently, he was expelled from school. He had seen a number of cases of Jehovah’s Witnesses being persecuted and imprisoned for their faith. He was only able to finish his studies after 1989. He then became an attorney, specializing in cases of individuals suing the state. To this day, he remains active in the Jehovah’s Witnesses church.
