ISLAM (political party)

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ISLAM
PresidentAbdelhay Bakkali Tahiri
Founded2012
HeadquartersAvenue Paul-Henri Spaak 29
1060 Brussels, Belgium
IdeologyIslamism
Islamic democracy
Anti-abortion
Participatory democracy
Segregationist
Social conservatism
Political positionFar-right
Colours  Green and white
Website
islam2012.be

ISLAM is a Belgian Islamist political party. It aims at the establishment of an Islamic state in Belgium and the replacement of the current and historically existing legal system in Belgium (civil law) with Islamic or sharia law.[1] The party claims to "wait" for Belgium to inevitably become an Islamic state.[1]

History[]

The party's founder is Redouane Ahrouch, who helped establish one of the first Shia mosques in Brussels in the early 1990s. He was first active in the Noor party, which had limited success in the parliamentary elections of 1999 (0.15%) and 2003 (0.14%),[2] before continuing his political work more successfully under the new name 'Islam'.

The party was founded with the intention of participating in the 2012 local elections. Lists were submitted in the City of Brussels, Anderlecht and Molenbeek-Saint-Jean. In Anderlecht and Molenbeek, one seat was won with just over 4% of the votes. In Brussels, party chairman Abdelhay Bakkali Tahiri narrowly mised being elected with 2.9% of the votes. Both seats were lost in the 2018 local elections.

In 2014, the party ran lists in the federal and regional elections in Brussels and Liege. They obtained a total of 13,719 votes, or 0.2% of the vote.[3]

In the 2018 local elections, the party obtained 1.8% of the vote in Molenbeek-Saint-Jean and 1.6% in the City of Brussels. In Anderlecht, the party's list had been discarded, preventing Redouane Ahrouch from standing for re-election.[4] As a result, the party no longer has any local councillors.[5]

Ideology[]

The leaders of the party claim to "fight for the rights of all Muslims. According to Ricardo Gutiérrez, a journalist specializing in religious beliefs, "this party is relatively close to, or in line with, the Iranian Shiites."[6]

In the 2012 Belgian municipal elections, the party focused its program on three specific demands in the field of education: the distribution of halal meals in canteens, the authorization of the wearing of headscarves in schools and the granting of confessional days off. Subsequently, the demands were extended to other areas, advocating for a healthy economy, a revaluation of work (in particular through a reduction in working hours), a change in the organization of schools (a four-day week. with Friday as a day off and an extension of basic education which would begin a year earlier and take a year off at secondary school) and a decentralised Europe of 750 provinces.[7]

The party also advocates for gender segregation on public transportation.[8]

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b "Le parti "Islam" espère que la Belgique deviendra un jour un état islamique" (in French). RTBF. 29 October 2012. Retrieved 17 July 2021.
  2. ^ "Circonscription de Bruxelles-Hal-Vilvorde" (in French). Retrieved 17 July 2021.
  3. ^ "CHAMBRE : RÉSULTATS DES LISTES" (in French). Retrieved 17 July 2021.
  4. ^ "Elections communales 2018: la liste Islam d'Anderlecht est refusée" (in French). 21 September 2018. Retrieved 17 July 2021.
  5. ^ "Elections 2018: le parti Islam n'a obtenu aucun élu!" (in French). 14 October 2018. Retrieved 17 July 2021.
  6. ^ "Les relations du parti Islam avec l'Iran posent question" (in French). 20 December 2012. Retrieved 17 July 2021.
  7. ^ "Le Manifeste Citoyen, Belgique 2014" (PDF) (in French). Retrieved 17 July 2021.
  8. ^ "Vives réactions du monde politique flamand au programme du parti Islam" (in French). 6 April 2018. Retrieved 17 July 2021.
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