Tasmanian senator Jacqui Lambie says that the decision to allow burqas to be worn in Australia's Parliament will make Islamic extremists "smile".
According to News.com.au, the Presiding officers this morning overturned their controversial decision to segregate people wearing head coverings behind enclosed glass in the chambers.
The Palmer United Party Senator said that the decision allowing burqas and other forms of identity concealing items of dress in the Parliament would put a smile on the face of the overseas Islamic extremists and their supporters in Australia - who view the burqa or niqab as flags for extremism.
She said that for the Islamic extremists, the move would prove how weak and indecisive Australia was as a nation and how its PM lacked the courage of his convictions when it came to Australia's national security.
She asserted that the Parliament's decision to permit burqas would boost the extremists' morale and encourage them to commit more atrocities and acts of violence against Australians.
Lambie said that she would proceed with a private members' bill making it illegal to wear the burqa in public, the report added.
