Australia: Hanson’s views on Islam take centrestage

One of the more toxic forces in Australia, elected to their Senate:

Pauline Hanson says Islam is not a religion of peace. In fact she doesn’t believe it’s a religion at all.

The One Nation leader, who’s set to return to the federal parliament after almost 20 years, insists she’s not out to offend Australian Muslims.

But she says it’s time to turn the spotlight on Islam, and what’s being preached in Australia’s mosques and taught in local Islamic schools.

She’s demanding a royal commission into whether Islam is a religion or a political ideology.

She wants to stop further Muslim immigration and halt the intake of Muslim refugees.

She wants surveillance cameras in all mosques and Islamic schools and for their teachings to be opened up to public scrutiny.

She advocates a ban on the construction of new mosques, and on the burqa and niqab being worn in public.

And she’s calling for a referendum on changing the part of the constitution that offers protection for the free practice of religion.

“You have our values, our culture, and our way of life. You don’t have a full burqa, you don’t keep putting up mosques,” she told reporters on Monday after learning she’ll take a seat in the new Senate.

“I’d like to know what they are teaching in those mosques. You can’t deny the fact that in these mosques they’ve been known to preach hate towards us.

“Is this a society we want to live in? I don’t believe it is. Do you want to see terrorism on our streets here? Do you want to see our Australians murdered?”

Ms Hanson said she didn’t want her views on Islam to dominate her first major press conference since the election.

Source: Hanson’s views on Islam take centrestage | SBS News