An Australian senator who has long campaigned for the Islamic women’s garment known as the burqa to be banned in the country has been suspended from parliament for a week for her protest on Monday in which she wore the full body covering into the chamber and refused to remove it. Pauline Hanson of the … Read more
Pauline Hanson’s provocation was part of a long-running campaign to ban the wearing of the traditional Muslim garment in public. Published On 24 Nov 202524 Nov 2025 Click here to share on social media share2 Share A far-right Australian lawmaker has prompted angry accusations of racism after wearing a burqa in parliament to draw attention … Read more
Zia Yusuf, a self-described ‘British Muslim patriot’, leaves a party accused of fuelling Islamophobia after 11 months. The Muslim chairman of the United Kingdom’s radical right-wing Reform UK party has quit after denouncing a call from within party ranks to ban the burqa as “dumb”. “I no longer believe working to get a Reform government … Read more