Australian Senator Pauline Hanson reignited controversy in parliament on Monday when the far-right lawmaker arrived on the Senate floor wearing a burka, a stunt intended to highlight her call for a nationwide ban on full-face coverings. Muslim senators immediately condemned the display.

"This is a racist senator, displaying blatant racism," said Mehreen Faruqi, a Greens senator from New South Wales, and a Muslim.

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