Australia's first Islamic faith political party intends to field Senate candidates in all states and territories at next year's federal election and also contest upper house seats at state level. 
The party, to be announced on Tuesday, will be known as the Australian Muslim Party, Fairfax Media can reveal.
Founder Diaa Mohamed defended the timing of the announcement days after the Paris terrorist atrocities, insisting there had never been a more critical time for the Muslim community to have a political voice in Australia.
As a devout Muslim, he said he would never condone the killing of innocents as seen on the streets of Paris and Beirut in the past week but said the Australian Muslim Party would also never support military action in a Muslim country in response to terrorism.
"I don't think Islam is at war with the West but Islamic countries have been at war for many, many years," he said. "Let's look at how well [military intervention] has worked in the past. We invaded Afghanistan. That didn't work out so well. We invaded Iraq and we're in the mess we're in there."
He said the killings in Paris were "inexcusable" but drew a direct link between past foreign invasions in the Middle East and the spread of radical Islam, most recently by the Islamic State.
"From these guys' perspective they have had foreign fighters in their lands, their sons and daughters being killed. It could send a few people to change their views and use religion as a justification," he said.
Mr Mohamed is a 34-year-old businessman from western Sydney.