Enter The Irish Islamic Party
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A new political party claims to have set itself up to compete with the likes of Fianna Fail, Fianna Gael, Labour and Sinn Fein and it has a name. The Irish Islamic Party.
You can visit the website here.
Now this raises a few questions starting with – is this an actual thing? The Irish Muslim population is fast growing thanks to unwanted mass immigration but it still below 100,000. Even by 2050, Muslims are forecast to be less than 5% of the Irish population, which is as nothing compared to the UK problem. So I am not sure if the Islamic Party could grab political power, even if it is real.
Of course the existence of a website alone means very little so I was pleased to see that some people have tried to work out who is behind all of this.
“The domain was registered on 2 October 2025, according to its WHOIS record. The registrant’s identity is protected by privacy redaction. The website describes itself as representing the Muslim community in Ireland, but we have found no publicly identified founder, party leader or named executive officers in the material examined. Different sections of the website use different names, including Islamic Party of Ireland, Islamic Labour Party of Ireland and Islamic Party for Labour and Youth in Ireland.”
However, the Constitution does contains some detailed provisions.
Article 4 states that the Party’s Secretary-General must be a Muslim man, an Irish citizen by birth or origin rather than naturalisation, and someone who has lived in Ireland for at least ten years.
Article 9 restricts membership to adult Muslims and requires a recommendation from a mosque or Islamic centre.
Article 11 contains an oath requiring members to pledge loyalty to truth and Sharia rather than to the party itself.
Article 13 describes certain forms of internal factional activity and external criticism as organisational treason, with members potentially referred to a Security and Discipline Committee.
If this is a crank, it is one that has gone to quite a lot of bother! It’s also worth noting that the constitution does not explicitly propose replacing Irish law with Sharia law. Yet.
But if it is a hoax then it’s an elaborate one! It seems to me that it is perfectly reasonable to ask of any group seeking a role in Irish politics to explain who leads it, what it stands for, how it is funded, and how it plans to operate. That’s just the basics but it’s not at all obvious here. We don’t know who is actually behind it nor can we be certain that it has real members and an identifiable leadership.
Maybe it’s just a website outlining a proposed political project?
Regardless of the authenticity of this particular “party”it DOES seem logical to me that Islam sets up its own party in every country in which muslims settle. After all, Islam commands loyalty to the Ummah and that is best served surely through a political manifestation? So maybe an Islamic Party of Ireland isn’t that as far fetched an idea?
