The new Muslim party MuRo27 wants to take Rome in the 2027 elections.
The Musulmani movement for Rome 2027 (MuRo27) aims to represent the Muslim community in the capital of Italy and historic symbol of Christendom. They acknowledge that Mamdani inspires them.
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The birth of MuRo27 (Muslims for Rome 2027) has set off all the alarm bells. The Islamist party has been presented on Facebook where they make it clear that They are not a spontaneous or improvised group., but rather an initiative organised with specific political objectives.
MuRo27 defines itself as a party made up of Muslims who live, study and work in Rome. It leaves no room for doubt that It is a movement that explicitly arises from a religious identity. and which aspires to turn this identity into political representation. They want to intervene in the capital's institutional debate because They consider that the Italian political class is immature in the face of multicultural reality..
They demand political weight for Islam
The statement from MuRo27 makes it clear that The movement considers the role that Islam plays in Italian politics to be insufficient.. They claim that the Muslim presence has an “insignificant” weight in politics compared with the city's Muslim population. They believe this must be rectified through a dedicated structure capable of intervening in the political debate.
In the statement, they take the opportunity to criticise that society and institutions have not recognised the contribution that Muslims make to the city. For this reason, they believe that The time has come to make themselves heard through a political platform linked to their religious identity..
Mamdani is an example and an inspiration.
MuRo27 presents Zohran Mamdani's victory in New York as an example that inspires them. According to them, it demonstrates that a political figure linked to or identified with Islam can attain positions of power in major Western cities. The mention of Mamdani serves to legitimise their own bid and to send an implicit message: What has happened in New York can also happen in Rome..
And it is in this very context that they state that in Rome They want to promote and drive ideas and proposals of collective benefit.”, but always “in accordance with the religious affiliation of its members”This point is what reveals the nature of the project: a political space explicitly configured on religious criteria, with the aim of translating them into a public agenda and influence within the social fabric of the capital. The combination of Mamdani's example and this identity-based approach is what sets the course MuRo27 intends to follow and the kind of politics it seeks to introduce in Rome.
The Monfalcone precedent and the leap to the capital
In 2025, an experiment took place in Monfalcone that is now presented as a “preview” of what the MuRo27 movement wants to do in Rome: the list called Italia Plurale., composed exclusively of Muslims It stood in the municipal elections. Although the city has a high proportion of foreign residents, the list received only around 3.1 per cent of the vote and did not win a single seat.
In several European countries, parties or political movements have emerged that openly define themselves as representatives of Muslim communities, and some have achieved notable local successes. This is the case of the mayor of Tower Hamlets (London) or the 19-year-old councillor in Burnley who only secured the post because He proposed separate spaces for men and women.. This fact shows how, In neighbourhoods or localities with a high concentration of Muslim population, it has been possible to gain access to local power. without being part of traditional parties.
The fact that this initiative is being established in Rome, Italy's institutional capital and historic symbol of Christendom, adds even more tension to the debate. MuRo27 not only wants to participate but also He wants his religious identity to be a legitimate political criterion.. And this opens a path that could further fragment society, turning municipal politics into a battleground of identities rather than a common space for all citizens.
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