Tsjekkisk PM trekkes for retten for islam-uttalelser

Tsjek­kias tid­li­gere stats­mi­nis­ter Milos Zeman kom på et semi­nar i juni med noen utta­lel­ser om islam som får juri­disk etterspill.

Reti­red poli­ti­cian Milos Zeman, Czech prime minis­ter in 1998-2002, faces a cri­mi­nal com­plaint over the state­ments on Islam he made in June at an inter­na­tio­nal con­fe­rence on Europe.

“The enemy is the anti-civilisation spre­ad­ing from North Africa to Indo­ne­sia. Two bil­lion people live in it and it is finan­ced partly from oil sales and partly from drug sales,” Czech news ser­vers quoted Zeman as say­ing about Islam at the recent conference.

Zeman said Thurs­day Mus­lims believe in the Koran like Nazis belie­ved in racial supre­macy and anti-semitism and com­mu­nists in class struggle and dicta­torship of the proletariat.

He said Islam is far more aggres­sive and into­le­rant than pre­sent Chris­tia­nity, Bud­dhism, Con­fu­cia­nism and other world religions.

He added that the Koran inclu­des pas­sa­ges cal­ling for the sub­ju­ga­tion, enslave­ment and even eli­mi­na­tion of non-believers.

Zeman has been known for his strong statements.

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