Post by cenydd on Aug 10, 2013 9:36:33 GMT
An Australian election candidate has made the wrong kind of headlines after a gaffe-strewn interview in which she mistook Islam for a country.
Stephanie Banister, a candidate with the anti-immigration One Nation Party, clocked up multiple mistakes in a TV interview with Channel 7 News.
The 27-year-old also confused the term "haram" (forbidden) with the Koran and suggested Jews worship Jesus Christ.
The interview, which aired early this week, has gone viral on social media.
''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 told Seven News reporter Erin Edwards.
Ms Banister, who is standing for the parliamentary seat of Rankin in Brisbane, also claimed that 2% of Australians ''follow haram'' when presumably she meant the Islamic text, the Koran.
Haram is a Muslim term used for something that is forbidden or punishable.
Ms Banister then repeatedly used the word haram when she apparently meant to say "halal".
Halal in fact means the opposite and is commonly used to refer to the Islamic laws on food preparation.
When subsequently asked if she opposed the Jewish laws of kosher as well, the would-be MP replied: "Jews aren't under haram. They have their own religion which follows Jesus Christ."
Stephanie Banister, a candidate with the anti-immigration One Nation Party, clocked up multiple mistakes in a TV interview with Channel 7 News.
The 27-year-old also confused the term "haram" (forbidden) with the Koran and suggested Jews worship Jesus Christ.
The interview, which aired early this week, has gone viral on social media.
''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 told Seven News reporter Erin Edwards.
Ms Banister, who is standing for the parliamentary seat of Rankin in Brisbane, also claimed that 2% of Australians ''follow haram'' when presumably she meant the Islamic text, the Koran.
Haram is a Muslim term used for something that is forbidden or punishable.
Ms Banister then repeatedly used the word haram when she apparently meant to say "halal".
Halal in fact means the opposite and is commonly used to refer to the Islamic laws on food preparation.
When subsequently asked if she opposed the Jewish laws of kosher as well, the would-be MP replied: "Jews aren't under haram. They have their own religion which follows Jesus Christ."
www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-23628092
Ummm.....what can you say?! Does it, perhaps, say something about 'the anti-immigration One Nation Party' that they have fielded a candidate who is this stupid? Does it say something broader about the type of people who are involved with such parties and campaigns the world over, and their level of understanding about what they are trying to oppose?
