Czech Politician: Walk Pigs near Mosques
Czechs should "breed dogs and piglets as pets and walk them near their neighborhoods and mosques," Tomio Okamura, the head of the far-right Dawn of Direct Democracy party, wrote in a lengthy Facebook post cited by International Business Times on Monday, January 5.
The hateful comments included other suggestions, such as boycotting restaurants offering halal meals and Muslim-run stores, claiming that such purchase indirectly funded "the expansion of Islam".
"Each kebab we buy is funding for another Burka," the Japanese-born 42-year-old said.
"How will your wife be able to eat if she has to wear a scarf on her face?"
Defending his hateful post, Okamora said that these protests were not moved by Islamophobia, adding that Muslims needed to be reminded that they were guests in the country.
"Keep in mind the fundamental truth that they have no tolerance for us and they are here as guests. So I have no moral obligation to be tolerant and generous to them," he wrote.
Human Rights minister Minister Jiří Dienstbier declined to comment what he described as "Okamura's hateful utterances", the Prague Post reported.
Okamura’s far-right Dawn of Direct Democracy party won almost 7% of the vote at 2013 parliamentary elections.
Last April, police forces raided the Islamic center on the Prague’s outskirts during Friday prayers, detaining 20 people and arresting a 55-year-old publisher of a book following accusations of inciting Xenophobia and violence.
Analysts warned that the raids might fuel anti-Muslim sentiments in the country at a time when the far right is gaining ground.
The Czech Republic, which has a population of more than 10 million people, is home to around 15,000 Muslims.
In 2004, Prague acknowledged Islam as an official religion, giving Muslims rights on equal footing to Christians and Jews.
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