A new “Party of Islam” has been rejected by the Electoral Commission in the UK. A spokesperson for the commission said “We refused the application. The proposed constitution did not satisfactorily set out the structure and organisation of the party.”

The party had applied to register with the commission, which is the independent body that oversees elections and regulates political parties in the UK.

The application was submitted on October 13th, just days after the Hames atrocities committed in Israel left more than 1,400 Israelis, mostly civilians, dead.

The party has the right to appeal the decision.

Previously, The Islamic Party of Britain, formed in 1989, claimed to be the very first national Islamic political organisation in the UK and the only Islamic political party in the non-Muslim Western world.

It folded in 2006.

Belgium’s ISLAM party.

Founded to contest 2012 local elections with policies such as gender segregation on public transport, it has failed to make any real impact since.

In 2018 the party faced calls for it to be banned, including from members of the Muslim communities.

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Main image: By Aleem Yousaf – Mosque, Bradford, CC BY-SA 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=40195485

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