Australian senator dons burqa in Parliament demanding ban on Muslim veil
Senator Pauline Hanson, bottom left, wears a burqa during question time in the Senate chamber at Parliament House in Canberra, Australia on Thursday.
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Senator Pauline Hanson, bottom left, wears a burqa during question time in the Senate chamber at Parliament House in Canberra, Australia on Thursday. Hanson, leader of the anti-Muslim, anti-immigration One Nation minor party, sat wearing the black head-to-ankle garment for more than 10 minutes before taking it off as she rose to explain that she wanted such outfits banned on national security grounds. AP
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Senator Pauline Hanson rises to speak while wearing a burqa during question time in the Senate chamber at Parliament House in Canberra, Australia on Thursday. AP
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Senator Pauline Hanson removes the burqa in the Senate chamber at Parliament House in Canberra, Australia on Thursday. AP
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“There has been a large majority of Australians (who) wish to see the banning of the burqa,” said Hanson, an outspoken fan of President Donald Trump, as senators objected. Senate president Stephen Parry said Hanson’s identity had been confirmed before she entered the chamber. He also said he would not dictate the standards of dress for the chamber. AP
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Attorney-General George Brandis drew applause when he said his government would not ban the burqa, and chastised Hanson for what he described as a “stunt” that offended Australia’s Muslim minority. AP
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Attorney-General George Brandis stands to chastise Hanson who provoked an angry backlash from lawmakers by wearing a burqa in Parliament House in Canberra, Australia on Thursday. AP
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Senator Pauline Hanson, left, leaves carrying the burqa she wore in the Senate chamber on Thursday. Parliament House briefly segregated women wearing burqas and niqabs in 2014. The department that runs Parliament House said that “persons with facial coverings” would no longer be allowed in the building’s open public galleries. The policy was branded a “burqa ban” and was widely condemned as a segregation of Muslim women, as well as a potential breach of anti-discrimination laws. AP
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