"The first Islamic political party has been launched in Granada and will run for municipality elections in several Spanish cities, Typically Spanish said on Saturday.
The Partido Renacimeinto y Unión España or PRUNE (The Party of Revival and Union) party of Spain was quoted as saying it was open to all the world.
The party was founded by the writer, poet, and journalist Mostafa Bakkach El-Aamrani. He is the vice-president of the 'Spanish Federation of Islamic Religious Entities'.
The stated goal of the party is to be the voice of "the minorities" of Spain.
The party, based on Islam, said it intended to contest the municipal elections next year in Málaga, Madrid, Barcelona, Murcia, Valencia, Oviedo and Toledo on a manifesto of ‘justice, equality and solidarity’."
