The Justice Party () is a

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Kosovo Kosovo ( sq, Kosova or ; sr-Cyrl, Косово ), officially the Republic of Kosovo ( sq, Republika e Kosovës, links=no; sr, Република Косово, Republika Kosovo, links=no), is a partially recognised state in Southeast Euro ...

. In the 2004 parliamentary election, the party won 1.0% of the popular vote and 1 out of 120 seats. The party participated in the 2010 parliamentary election in a

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with the

New Kosovo Alliance New Kosovo Alliance ( sq, Aleanca Kosova e Re, AKR) is a liberal political party in Kosovo. The party was founded on 3 May 2006, by Behgjet Pacolli. History In April 2007, a BBSS Gallup International/Index survey suggested that the AKR was the ...

. After the resignation of

Behgjet Pacolli Behgjet Isa Pacolli ; sh, Behđet Isa Pacoli. (born 30 August 1951) is a Kosovar Albanian politician and businessman who served as the first deputy prime minister of Kosovo and minister of foreign affairs from 2017 to 2019 under the Ramush Harad ...

, the party had 3 out of 120 seats. The Justice Party, like all other

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parties, supports Kosovo independence and does not participate in any election or referendum organised by the

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Ideology

The Justice Party follows a centre-right conservative platform as well as advocating a more liberal stance towards the economy. The party tends to attract religious conservatives in Kosovo (mainly Muslims) and has for example campaigned for a mosque to be built in

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to house the growing number of practising Muslims there. Although it is allied to the liberal

it continues to follow a conservative platform and the religious-conservative faction in the party continues to grow. The party has been noted for breaking away from Kosovo's traditionally secular society advocating for a ban on

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in schools in Kosovo to be overturned and for religion (on all major world beliefs) to be introduced and taught in schools. The party has followed the Turkish moderate Islamist party

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(AKP), adopting several more liberal policies in economic terms and a more liberal interpretation of Islam citing to style it around AKP and the Turkish model of Democracy.

References

2004 establishments in Kosovo Conservative parties in Kosovo Islamic democratic political parties Political parties established in 2004 {{Kosovo-party-stub