An Australian far-right senator has been accused of racism after she who wore a burqa to parliament as part of a stunt aimed at banning the face covering. On Monday (24 November), after her bill which would outlaw the face coverings in public was denied, Pauline Hanson walked back into the Senate wearing the garment. The 71-year-old was ejected from the Senate after she refused to take the burqa off, and the chamber was subsequently suspended. “This is a racist senator, displaying blatant racism,” said Greens senator Muslim Mehreen Faruqi, whilst Independent senator Fatima Payman, who wears a hijab, said Hanson is “disrespecting the Muslims out there”.

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SYDNEY: A far-right Australian politician sparked outrage Monday after donning a burqa at the country’s parliament, in a display that other lawmakers slammed as “racist.” Pauline…

Pauline Hanson’s stunt was condemned as ‘abhorrent and disrespectful’ by her Senate colleagues

"This is a racist senator, displaying blatant racism," said Muslim Mehreen Faruqi, a Greens senator from the state of New South Wales.

Pauline Hanson's provocation was part of a long-running campaign to ban the traditional Muslim garment in public.

An Australian far-right senator have caused outrage, drawing accusations of Islamophobia and racism after she donned a burqa in Parliament. Sen. Pauline...

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An Australian far-right senator has been accused of racism after she who wore a burqa to parliament as part of a stunt aimed at banning the face covering. On Monday (24 November),…

Pauline Hanson donned a black burka as she sought to push for a ban on the garment.

La senatrice australiana di estrema destra Pauline Hanson ha indossato il burqa in Parlamento, in Australia, un atto definito «razzista» e «irrispettoso» dagli altri...

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Die Chefin und Gründerin der rechten „One-Nation“-Partei will den islamischen Ganzkörperschleier verbieten. Um ihrem Anliegen Ausdruck zu verleihen, erschien sie in Burka im…

MELBOURNE: An Australian senator who is campaigning for a national burqa ban was barred Tuesday from parliament for the rest of the year for wearing the Muslim garment in the…