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| Subject: Funny: OZschwitz poli-bimbo-candidate makes gaffe after gaffe in TV interview Fri Aug 09, 2013 1:19 am | |
| Is it halal, haram or Koran?
Jews aren't under haram, they have their own religion which follows Jesus Christ
Just don't ask Stephanie Banister, an anti-immigration candidate vying for the Brisbane seat of Rankin
The 27-year-old ''poster child'' of the One Nation movement did her campaign no favours in an interview with Channel Seven on Wednesday night, mistaking Islam for a country, confusing haram with Koran and drawing a blank on the nationwide disability scheme. Advertisement
''I don't oppose Islam as a country, umm, but I do feel that their laws should not be welcome here in Australia,'' Ms Banister said in the one-on-one interview in her Queensland backyard.
The mother-of-two's attack on Islam began with a claim that 2 per cent of Australians ''follow haram''.
''Or the Koran, as the Islamic text is known,'' reporter Erin Edwards said.
Haram is a Muslim term used for something that is forbidden or punishable, which Ms Banister would presumably like to see applied to the Koran.
Read more: http://www.smh.com.au/federal-politics/federal-election-2013/when-stephanie-got-her-facts-wrong-one-nation-candidate-makes-gaffe-after-gaffe-in-tv-interview-20130808-2rive.html#ixzz2bRjCkxVu |
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