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OP - April 07, 2013, 09:15 PM

Muslim Green set for tough test

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A PAKISTANI-born migrant who made the top echelons of environmental engineering is set to become the first Muslim woman elected to an Australian parliament, after the NSW Greens chose Mehreen Faruqi to fill a state upper house vacancy.

The Greens said yesterday that Dr Faruqi was preselected by a postal ballot of all NSW members of the party, from a field of seven in a contest in which only women could run.

Islamic Friendship Association spokesman Keysar Trad yesterday hailed the move as a major advance in demonstrating opportunity for Muslim women in Australia, but cautioned Dr Faruqi could have difficulty reconciling the teachings of Islam with Greens policies, particularly the party's acceptance of homosexuality and support for gay marriage.

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Dr Faruqi will take the state upper house seat held by Cate Faehrmann when she resigns to contest the Senate later this year. She will take on the state party's portfolio responsibilities for the environment, the status of women and transport.

Dr Faruqi indicated she will fully take on board Ms Faehrmann's leftist agenda, saying she would be "fighting for gender equality and equal marriage" and taking up "the campaign against coal-seam gas mining".

Dr Faruqi described herself as a practising Muslim, but said she came from a modern stream of Islam in Pakistan and did not, for example, wear a head scarf.

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Mr Trad said the elevation of Dr Faruqi would encourage women faithful to Islam to enter politics. But he said Islamic leaders remained absolutely opposed to homosexuality and gay marriage because they went against the fundamental teachings of the faith, creating a dilemma for Dr Faruqi.

"It will be something that is likely to test her . . . we will be watching to see whether she will allow her beliefs as a Muslim to succumb to the party policy."

So I saw this on the news last night as well. TBH, my only reaction was "Ok, so they have a candidate who believes in something I think is a load of bollocks. Awesome."

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Reply #1 - April 07, 2013, 09:38 PM

They sound like the Australian equivalent of Canada's NDP.

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Reply #2 - April 07, 2013, 09:53 PM

Good for her

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I_r0DqvhQT4&feature=player_embedded

Women like her make these reactionary community leaders heads explode

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Reply #3 - April 07, 2013, 09:57 PM

Could be fun seeing her on the tv with Hilali.

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Reply #4 - April 07, 2013, 10:02 PM

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cautioned Dr Faruqi could have difficulty reconciling the teachings of Islam with Greens policies, particularly the party's acceptance of homosexuality and support for gay marriage.

Good thing that Faruqi isn't giving a shit about the opinions of those Islamic nutcases. I think those Islamists were hoping that she would act as a representative of the muslim community in politics.

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Reply #5 - April 07, 2013, 10:07 PM

Well, to be fair, the guy was making a vaild point for a lot of Muslims. Faruqi is going to get a lot of hard questions from all sides. It'll be interesting to see how she handles them.

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Reply #6 - April 07, 2013, 10:48 PM

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As for the questions anything about her party's political policies is fair for questioning.

Faruqi's personal beliefs should be irrelevant though. Bringing in her Faruqi's personal beliefs (e.x. her religion) to guilt trip her into changing her political stances on something like marriage equality instead of giving an actual argument is a cheapshot in my opinion.

It would be better for her to just ignore comments that bring up her personal beliefs and only answer concerns related to her party platform.

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