Spania har fått et muslimsk parti. Det ble grunnlagt i fjor, men ble først nå riksdekkende. Det vil delta i lokalvalg i 2011 og riksvalget i 2012. Hvis det finnes kristne parti forstår jeg ikke hvorfor det ikke kan være partier basert på islam, sier grunnleggeren Musafa Bakkach.
(ANSAmed) – MADRID, MARCH 5 – PRUNE, the Partito Renacimiento y Union de Espana, Spain’s first Muslim party, was presented today on national level. The party was founded in July 2009 and will participate in the 2011 local elections and the 2012 general election. During the presentation in Granada, party founder Mustafà Bakkach, born in Morocco and with the Spanish nationality since 2001, explained in the Arabic language that the new party “that wants to represent minority groups” aims to increase citizen participation in politics, to promote justice, equality and solidarity and to respect “binding legality in the Spanish Constitution”. “People have tried to spread fear, saying that this is a fundamentalist, pro-Moroccan or Islamic party”, said Bakkach, quoted by press agency EP. The founder of PRUNE, who has been delegated by the Spanish Islamic commission for the Moroccan community and who is Vice President of the Foundation of Muslim religious bodies in Spain (FEERI), added that “if there are Christian parties, I don’t see why our problem can’t be based on Islam. We don’t receive funds from any foreign country, though attempts have been made, which we have refused”. The party leader stressed that the “restitution of Al-Andalus or the application of the Sharia”, suggested by the media, is nothing but “stupidity”. The party was presented on the eve of the EU-Moroccan summit tomorrow and Sunday in Granada, with Spain as EU president this half year. PRUNE has opened offices in Madrid and Barcelona, after Granada. The party will now present its programme in Asturias, Valencia, Murcia and Malaga.(ANSAmed).
2010-03-05