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BBC News Asia 10 August 2013 Last updated at 04:52 GMT Islam gaffe candidate Banister quits Australia election An Australian election candidate who was widely mocked after she mistook Islam for a country in a TV interview has withdrawn her candidacy. Stephanie Banister, 27, was contesting a seat in Queensland for the anti-immigration One Nation Party. She had only been in politics for 48 hours. Ms Banister also confused the term "haram" (forbidden) with the Koran and suggested Jews worshipped Jesus Christ. The interview, which aired early this week, went 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. 'Quite the fool' She announced her withdrawal from the election on Saturday. "With the way Channel Seven edited my interview, I was left quite the fool," Ms Banister said in a brief statement. "I'd like to apologise to One Nation, to my friends and family, for any embarrassment this has brought to them." One newspaper headline said Ms Banister had managed to put Islam literally on the map. The leader of One Nation, Jim Savage, said Ms Banister continued to have the "full support" of the party executive. He said she had been under "enormous pressure", including threats to her and her family. Commentators compared Ms Banister to Sarah Palin, the gaffe-prone Republican vice-presidential candidate in the 2008 US election. Even before this interview, Ms Banister was regarded as a rank outsider to win her seat, says the BBC's Jon Donnison, in Sydney. The mother-of-two rose to prominence when she was arrested for going into a supermarket and putting stickers saying "halal food funds terrorism" on Nestle products. She is facing charges of "contaminating or interfering with goods". If convicted before polling day, she would have been barred from standing. BBC BBC © 2013 The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Read more. ------------------------------------ Post message: prole...@egroups.com Subscribe : proletar-subscr...@egroups.com Unsubscribe : proletar-unsubscr...@egroups.com List owner : proletar-ow...@egroups.com Homepage : http://proletar.8m.com/Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/proletar/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/proletar/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: proletar-dig...@yahoogroups.com proletar-fullfeatu...@yahoogroups.com <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: proletar-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
