 Its policy is to replace the civil and penal laws of Belgium with Sharia law.In the local elections of 2018, the party lost its Molenbeek seat after winning less than 2 percent of votes there while its list in Anderlecht was ruled out, leaving the party with no more councillors.In 1974, Islam was recognised as one of the subsidised religions in Belgium and the Muslim Executive of Belgium was founded in 1996.