World Bulletin / News Desk

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’.

The party’s statues were sent to the Ministry of the Interior in May 2009, and it received the go ahead from the Government on July 23 last year, according to report.

Born in Morocco, El-Aamrani obtained Spanish citizenship in 2001 and lives in Granada.