Mehreen Faruqi hits back at claims Fatima Payman’s resignation from Labor was orchestrated

Deputy Greens leader says Muslim women are often stereotyped in Australia as unable to make solo decisions

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The deputy leader of the Greens, Mehreen Faruqi, has hit back at claims Fatima Payman's resignation from Labor was orchestrated, insisting that Muslim women are often stereotyped" as unable to make their own decisions.

Faruqi said she had been in touch with Senator Payman over the past few weeks and also way before that" and believed the first-term senator made up her own mind after following her moral compass" and listening to the community.

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