There are also minor Dutch Muslim parties, e.g. the ) that has many common programmatical aims with the Christian Union and the local (The Hague) party Islam Democrats (). In January 2008, the creation of an Islamic Democratic Party () was announced, but it appeared after a few days it was a hoax, its programme was actually an adapted copy of the programme of the Protestant fundamentalist Reformed Political Party. The only Muslim parties with political representation in the Netherlands are NIDA with 2 seats in Rotterdam and 1 seat in The Hague. Other Muslim parties are Islam Democrats and its splinter group Party of Unity, each with one councillor in The Hague municipal council.