In an interview with a Prague TV station, Czech president Miloš Zeman, warned about the dangers of immigration and Islam.
Zeman said, that the migration from African and Middle Eastern countries poses a serious threat for European culture. He wants the European Union to take action immediately:
“If the European Union does not reach the courage to strengthen its external borders, for which it constantly chatters but does nothing, we will have 10 million refugees (from Africa) in the course of the (coming) year… The culture of these refugees is not compatible with European culture, which is what immigrants themselves understand.”
According to Zeman, the rise of Muslims in European countries has led to “a significant increase in crime and an increase in the level of violence in the closed Muslim communities”.
Zeman has been criticising migration and especially Islam for a long time. In earlier interviews he said:
“If you want the unspoken truth, Islamic migration is not possible to integrate, and it is not capable of being assimilated into European culture.”
And:
“I think we can coexist with Buddhism, Hinduism, Shinto, Confucianism, but we cannot coexist with Islam. It has anchored in its sacred texts that it must rule the world and have unbelievers submit.”
Bookmakers see Zeman as a favourite to win the upcoming presidential elections, which will start next week. If elected, it would be his second term as president of the Czech Republic.