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Sharia supporters ‘maniacs’

Jacqui Lambie has redoubled her attack on supporters of Islamic sharia law, telling Parliament they are “maniacs and depraved humans” who will not stop committing “cold-blooded butchery and rapes until every woman in Australia wears a burka”.

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The Palmer United Party senator has expressed strong views on the “evil” of sharia law, but yesterday struggled to explain what it was during an interview on the ABC’s Insiders program.

In a lengthy speech in Parliament today, Senator Lambie acknowledged her difficulties in articulating theology.

“It’s not going to come as a shock when I tell you that I am not an Islamic scholar,” she said, before blaming sharia law supporters for “every major terrorist attack on the Western world”.

“The 9/11s, the Bali bombings, Boston marathon bombings, recent beheadings and massacres have all been carried out by supporters of sharia law,” she said.

Again demanding that sharia “supporters” leave the country, Senator Lambie advised “innocents” in the community to realise “these thugs and extremists will not stop their acts of terrorism and depravity until their way of life, their culture and their law is imposed on Australia, indeed the whole world”.

“It’s about time we faced the fact that these maniacs and depraved humans will not stop committing their cold blooded butchery and rapes until every woman in Australia wears a burka and is subservient to men,” she said.

Senator Lambie has faced widespread criticism for her hardline anti-sharia statements, including from her own party leader Clive Palmer.

In a statement posted to Twitter earlier, Mr Palmer said Australians needed to remain united.

“We are a rich & diverse nation who enjoy a special country,” he said.

“Challenge is dealing w/budget & measures that attack the fabric of society. We must think about who & what we are & where we want to go.

“We have strong obligations towards each other. We have lots in common, we love our families, freedom & our efforts to help each other.”

-ABC

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