About 500 people gathered in a central square of Prague and protested against Islamisation and Muslim immigrants in the Czech Republic today.
The crowd listened to speeches by Tomio Okamura, leader of the junior opposition Dawn of Direct Democracy, and Jana Volfová, head of the Czech Sovereignty movement. A moment of silence was held for the victims of Holocaust and Islamic terror.
With banners “We don’t want Multi Culti” and “Czech land for Czechs, not for worshippers” and flags with crossed out mosques, the protesters then marched to the Interior Ministry, calling on it on check immigrants and more control churches so that there are no intolerant people in them.
In his speech in the square, Okamura called on the country to defend itself against the enemy ideology of Islam that wants to abolish democratic principles.
“We must be tolerant, but this cannot be one-sided. We must not share or tolerate their values,” Okamura said.
About 40 people gathered in the square before the protest against Islam, mocking the slogans of the opponents and promotion the idea of minorities living together in peace.
Earlier this week, President Miloš Zeman called for joint international military operation against Islamist radicals. Foreign Minister Lubomír Zaorálek rejected Zeman’s call, labeling such a crusade nonsense. Zeman said Zaorálek’s view reminded Zeman of the policy of appeasement of the 1930s, when the Western powers made concessions to the Nazi Germany.