Czech President Zeman addresses anti-Muslim rally on Velvet Revolution day

President Milos Zeman addressed a rally of his supporters organized by an anti-Muslim group as the Czech Republic marked the 26th anniversary of the Velvet Revolution on Tuesday. The “Bloc against Islam” rallied in support of Zeman. He told the crowd of several thousand people that they aren’t extremists, AP reported. The event took place at a university campus where the anti-Communist revolution began in 1989, and Charles University officials distanced themselves from it. Riot police separated the rally from a counter-demonstration.