An Australian senator provoked an angry backlash from lawmakers by wearing a burqa in Parliament on Thursday as part of her campaign for a national ban on burqas. Pauline Hanson, the 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.
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"There has been a large majority of Australians (who) wish to see the banning of the burka," said Hanson
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Following, Hanson's act, Attorney-General George Brandis drew applause when he said his government would not ban burqas, and chastised Hanson for what he described as a "stunt" that offended Australia's Muslim minority. "To ridicule that community, to drive it into a corner, to mock its religious garments is an appalling thing to do and I would ask you to reflect on what you have done," Brandis said.
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Opposition Senate leader Penny Wong told Hanson: "It is one thing to wear a religious dress as a sincere act of faith; it is another to wear it as a stunt here in the Senate."
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