[citation needed] Many members of the Islamic Community in Bosnia and Herzegovina, including imams, took part in the party's foundation.

The party has branches in Slovenia, Kosovo, North Macedonia, Croatia and the Sandžak region of Serbia.

One of the goals of the party, outside Bosnia and Herzegovina, is to represent and defend the interests of Bosniaks and other Muslim South Slavs in the entire Balkan region.

The Party of Democratic Action is the primary stronghold for right-orientated Bosniaks, especially for nationalists, and conservatives, and thus they have been described as national-conservative.

[31] On foreign stances they also tend to be atlanticist and supportive of the accession of Bosnia and Herzegovina to NATO and the European Union.