Louis, who is not Muslim, had been sitting as an independent member of the Chamber following his expulsion from the right-wing populist People's Party for antisemitism in 2011.

[7] The party has been condemned for some of its ideology by Belgian politicians, including Olivier Maingain, Theo Francken, and Zuhal Demir.

According to Ricardo Gutiérrez, a journalist specializing in religious beliefs, "this party is relatively close to, or in line with, the Iranian Shiites".

[9] In the 2012 Belgian municipal elections, the party focused its program on three specific demands in the field of education: the distribution of halal meals in canteens, the authorization of the wearing of headscarves in schools, and the granting of confessional days off.

Subsequently, the demands were extended to other areas, advocating for a healthy economy, a revaluation of work (in particular through a reduction in working hours), a change in the organization of schools (a four-day week, with Friday as a day off and an extension of basic education which would begin a year earlier and take a year off at secondary school) and a decentralised Europe of 750 provinces.