Afghanistan, May 28 -- Australia's first hijab-wearing senator reported a senior colleague's inappropriate comment urging her to drink wine and dance on a table.
Fatima Payman, an independent Afghan-Australian senator and Australia's first hijab-wearing senator, has filed a complaint against a senior male colleague over inappropriate remarks made during an official parliamentary event.
In an interview with ABC's "Triple J Hack" program, 30-year-old Payman revealed that the colleague, reportedly under the influence of alcohol, told her, "Come drink wine and dance on the table." She described the remarks as not only sexist and offensive but also discriminatory and disrespectful to her Muslim faith, which forbids alcohol consumption.
Fatima...