An Australian senator who is campaigning for a national burqa ban was barred Tuesday from Parliament for the rest of the year for wearing the Muslim garment in the chamber.

Pauline Hanson has spoken out about why she wore a burqa into the Senate, with the act causing the session to be suspended and prompting fury from her political opponents.

“A dress code might be a choice of the senators, but racism should not be the choice of the Senate. This is a racist senator, displaying blatant racism and Islamophobia,” Faruqi said as Senate deputy ...