Australian candidate steps down after interview full of gaffes

An Australian election candidate who thought Islam was a country has stepped down.

Australian candidate steps down after interview full of gaffes

An Australian election candidate who thought Islam was a country has stepped down.

Stephanie Banister made a number of errors during an interview with Channel Seven, in which she mistook the religion for being a nation, claimed Jews follow Jesus Christ and mixed up the Qur'an with the Arabic term "haram", which means forbidden.

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