{{Short description|Political party in the Czech Republic}} {{Expand Czech|topic=gov|date=October 2016}} {{Infobox political party | country = the Czech Republic | name = Bloc Against Islamization – Defence of the Homeland | native_name = Blok proti islamizaci – Obrana domova | abbreviation = BPI | logo = Blok proti islamizaci.png | chairman = | founder = {{ill|Eva Morávková|cs}} | founded ={{Start date and age|6 May 2003}} | dissolved = {{End date and age|2023|12|12}} | colorcode = {{party color|Bloc Against Islamization}} | headquarters = Znojemská 2380/82, Jihlava | ideology = Anti-Islam<ref>{{Cite web |last=ČTK |date=2017-10-11 |title=Česká televize podala trestní oznámení kvůli volebnímu spotu s muslimy |url=https://www.idnes.cz/zpravy/domaci/volebni-spot-klip-muslimove-blok-proti-islamizaci-trestni-oznameni-ceska-televize.A171011_100723_domaci_ane |access-date=2024-04-18 |website=iDNES.cz |language=cs}}</ref><br />Nationalism<br />Euroscepticism<ref>{{Cite web |title=Blok proti islamizaci: Evropská unie je žalářem národů |url=https://www.parlamentnilisty.cz/arena/nazory-a-petice/Blok-proti-islamizaci-Evropska-unie-je-zalarem-narodu-512640 |access-date=2024-04-18 |website=parlamentnilisty.cz}}</ref> | position = Far-right<ref>{{Cite web |last=Dvořáková |first=Petra |date=2018-09-07 |title=Petra Dvořáková: SPD a krajní pravice: Nehajluje se. Ale to neznamená, že za všechno nemůžou Židi |url=https://denikreferendum.cz/clanek/28248-spd-a-krajni-pravice-nehajluje-se-ale-to-neznamena-ze-za-vsechno-nemuzou-zidi |access-date=2024-04-18 |website=Deník Referendum |language=cs}}</ref> | colours = {{Legend|#FFFFFF|White}}{{Legend|{{party color|Bloc Against Islamization}}|Red}}{{Legend|#0C416F|Blue}} | website = [https://web.archive.org/web/20180201000000/https://blokprotiislamizaci.cz/ blokprotiislamizaci.cz] (archived) }} '''Bloc Against Islamization – Defence of the Homeland'''<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Rejstřík politických stran a hnutí - Ministerstvo vnitra České republiky |url=https://aplikace.mvcr.cz/seznam-politickych-stran/Default.aspx |access-date=2024-04-18 |website=aplikace.mvcr.cz}}</ref> (previously known as the '''Free Citizens''' ({{langx|cs|Svobodní}}),<ref group=Note name=S>Not to be confused with the party of the same name, founded in 2009</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Rejstřík politických stran a hnutí - Ministerstvo vnitra České republiky |url=https://aplikace.mvcr.cz/seznam-politickych-stran/Default.aspx |access-date=2024-04-18 |website=aplikace.mvcr.cz}}</ref> '''Party for Dignified Life''' ({{langx|cs|SDŽ – Strana Důstojného Života}}) and '''Home''' ({{langx|cs|DOMOV}})<ref group="Note" name="D">Not to be confused with the party of the same name, founded in 2019</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Rejstřík politických stran a hnutí - Ministerstvo vnitra České republiky |url=https://aplikace.mvcr.cz/seznam-politickych-stran/Default.aspx |access-date=2024-04-18 |website=aplikace.mvcr.cz}}</ref> was an anti-Islam<ref>{{Cite web |last= |date=2017-10-06 |title="Muslim" podkopl babičce chodítko. Blok proti islamizaci využil prostoru v ČT |url=https://echo24.cz/a/pjAn3/muslim-podkopl-babicce-choditko-blok-proti-islamizaci-vyuzil-prostoru-v-ct |access-date=2024-04-18 |website=echo24.cz |language=cs}}</ref> political party in the Czech Republic founded in 2003 by Eva Morávková who became the party's first chairwoman.<ref name=":0" />

In 2007, a former Czech Social Democratic Party MP Jana Volfová became party chair and the party was renamed to the Party for Dignified Life.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Antoš|first1=Jakub|title=Zeman pomáhá přítelkyni s novou stranou|url=http://zpravy.aktualne.cz/domaci/politika/zeman-pomaha-pritelkyni-s-novou-stranou/r~i:article:391983/|website=Aktuálně.cz|date=31 March 2007 |accessdate=22 November 2015}}</ref> Vice chairs were Eva Morávková, Daniel Bernard, Marie Paukejová, Marcela Kozerová, Miroslav Neubert, and Vladimír Pelc.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.stranadustojnehozivota.cz/index.php?cid=17 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081004205748/http://www.stranadustojnehozivota.cz/index.php?cid=17 | archive-date=2008-10-04 | title=Vedení strany - Strana důstojného života (SDŽ) }}</ref> Former Prime Minister Miloš Zeman was nomited party's patron.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.stranadustojnehozivota.cz/aktuality.php?cid=49 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080801054304/http://www.stranadustojnehozivota.cz/aktuality.php?cid=49 | archive-date=2008-08-01 | title=Aktuality - Strana důstojného života (SDŽ) }}</ref>

In 2014, the party was renamed to DOMOV (coming from Democracy – Responsibility – Morality – Courage – Patriotism ({{langx|cs|Demokracie – Odpovědnost – Morálka – Odvaha – Vlastenectví}}), meaning Home). David Štěpán became the party chair after Jana Volfová became chair of Sovereignty – Jana Bobošíková Bloc.<ref name=":0" />

In 2016, the party was renamed to Bloc Against Islamization – Defence of the Homeland.<ref name=":0" /> It was dissolved in December 2023.<ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2023-12-12 |title=Volební senát Nejvyššího správního soudu rozpustil 34 politických stran a hnutí |url=https://www.nssoud.cz/aktualne/tiskove-zpravy/detail/volebni-senat-nejvyssiho-spravniho-soudu-rozpustil-34-politickych-stran-a-hnuti |access-date=2024-04-18 |website=Nejvyšší správní soud |language=cs-CZ}}</ref>

==Election results== ===Chamber of Deputies===

{| class="wikitable" ! rowspan="2" |Year ! rowspan="2" |Leader ! colspan="2" |Votes ! colspan="3" |Seats ! rowspan="2" |'''Position''' |- ! No. ! % !No. !'''±''' !Size |- | rowspan=2 | 2010 |Jana Bobošíková | 192,145 | 3.67 | {{Composition bar|0|200|hex={{party color|DOMOV}}}} | {{Steady}} 0 | 8th | style="background:lightgray;" align=center | No seats |- | colspan=7 | Ran on Sovereignty – Party of Common Sense list, which won 0 seats in total |- | rowspan=2 | 2017 |Jana Borkovcová | 5,077 | 0.10 | {{Composition bar|0|200|hex={{party color|DOMOV}}}} | {{Steady}} 0 | 20th | style="background:lightgray;" align=center | No seats |}

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== External links == * [https://web.archive.org/web/20160615131531/http://blokprotiislamizaci.cz/ Official page] {{in lang|cs}}

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