The debate over the burqa is not just about religion, but about identity, security, and how we choose to live together as a ...

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

One Nation senator Pauline Hanson has donned a burqa in the Senate after her request to table a Bill banning the religious covering was denied.

MEBOURNE, Australia(AP) — 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 chamber.

Pauline Hanson, the 71-year-old far-right Australian Senator, faced condemnation from lawmakers for wearing burqa in her campaign to ban the Muslim garment in public, and was suspended for seven ...