Fri Oct 03 2014The Bar Association has issued a media statement regarding religious beliefs, clothing and racial vilification following comments by certain members of the Australian Parliament purporting to link the wearing of burqas to the risk of terrorism. The statement was quoted in articles by the Sydney Morning Herald on this subject, which can be viewed here and here.
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