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Exiled Labor Senator Fatima Payman is poised to quit the Labor Party
as early as this week as her links with a $1 million Islamic
television studio that campaigns against "homosexuality" in Barbie
movies and dangerous "feminist propaganda" emerge.
The Labor Senator will be able to keep her $233,000-a-year salary if
she quits the party over her support of Palestine and won't need to
stand for election for years.
But she is now on a collision course with Prime Minister Anthony
Albanese after he suspended her indefinitely from caucus over
threatening to cross the floor again over Palestine.
Speaking in Parliament, the Prime Minister confirmed just after 2.30pm
that he expects Senator Payman will make a statement soon, hinting she
may quit the ALP.
"Senator Payman, of course, has made a decision to place herself
outside the Labor Party, that is a decision that she made. I expect
further announcements in the coming days," he said.
"Which will explain exactly what the strategy has been over for more
than a month."
She now says she's been "exiled" and excluded by her Labor colleagues.
"I have been removed from caucus meetings, committees, internal group
chats and whip's bulletins," she said.
"These actions led me to believe that some members are attempting to
intimidate me into resigning from the Senate."
She was elected for a six-year term in 2022 after riding the wave of
ex-premier Mark McGowan's popularity to secure a usually unwinnable
third Senate spot on the ALP ticket.
But it's her links with pro-Palestine groups that is now set to come
under scrutiny, including her donations to TV studio the One Path
network.
The One Path Network films and edits videos for its YouTube channel,
including interviews with local sheikhs about Islamic teachings and
current affairs and includes pro-Palestine videos calling for trade
boycotts against Starbucks and McDonald's claiming the companies have
links with Israel.
**Senator Payman donates to The One Path Network**
Under the rules of the Senate register of interests, Senator Payman
must declare any organisation that she supports if she is donating
more than $300 a year. One of the organisations she declared include
the One Path Network.
The media company that produces content for TikTok and YouTube, is
already promoting videos hailing Senator Payman as "a hero" for
standing up to "rats" in the mainstream media.
"They have no shame. Senator Fatima Payman took a stance that the
world will remember. Palestine will be free!" the video states.
The One Path Network teaches Barbie movie is "dangerous" and "feminist
propaganda".
But it's the group's teachings on homosexuality and pop culture that
are set to raise eyebrows, with one video featuring a woman in a niqāb
arguing that the Barbie movie starring Margot Robbie is "dangerous".
In the video, the woman criticises the Barbie movie as dangerous
because it includes "feminist propaganda" and homosexuality.
It's not clear whether Senator Payman supports these views, only that
she is donating over $300 a year to the company that creates the
videos.
The register does not require MPs to detail the exact donation.
Senator Payman has been contacted for comment.
On YouTube, the video is titled 'Muslim REACTS - Barbie is NOT what
you think!!'
"Far from being a children's film, this is a highly politicised film
filled with messaging that is inappropriate for children, everything
from crude sexual innuendos a plot around an existential crisis,
homosexual references a transgender Barbie doll, and, of course,
aggressive feminist propaganda,'' the One Path network TikTok account
states.
"They are greeted by a world where men are perverts, police make
sexual advances on women, and a world where men are in charge of
everything."
**One Path Network promotes Australian Islamic preacher Abu Bakr
Zoud**
The channel also promotes Australian preacher Abu Bakr Zoud, who has
previously argued that homosexuality leads to anal cancer, Monkeypox
and suggested "every rainbow flag should have a picture of a person
with STDs".
On August 30, 2022, Abu Bakr Zoud posted to his YouTube channel a
lecture titled "Amazing Historical Analysis of #LGBTQ & Its Untold
Dangers".
"These organs are called the human reproductive system. This is what
they taught us. So the purpose of this organ and this organ is to
reproduce. That's the purpose. So anyone who uses his organ for other
than the purpose it was created — you're not using your intellect,''
he said.
"Did you know that anal penetration is the most risky form of sexual
behaviour that a person can conduct? It is the riskiest form of sexual
practice. There is high risk of developing viral hepatitis, including
hepatitis A, hepatitis B, hepatitis C — and there is no cure for
hepatitis A and B. That means a person will go on treatment for life.
"I believe that on every rainbow flag there should be a picture at the
top of a person with anal cancer. This is serious. It is a warning.
And the genital warts that can happen. There should be a picture, to
warn the people as to what will happen, what you're going down in.
"This is a path of no return. There is no cure, there is no treatment
for these matters. Shouldn't people know? There is danger in this. And
in addition to this, the punishment of Allah, the curse of Allah."
**Why does Islam prohibit homosexuality?**
The One Path Network also includes an explainer titled 'Why is
homosexuality prohibited in Islam?'
It describes a conversation with a friend explaining Islamic
scholarship on the issue.
"Look, almost everything you've said so far makes perfect sense. Yet I
can't help but wonder why is your God so bothered about two men that
just so happen to love one another?"
"Well, the answer is in fact quite simple and it all comes down to the
very definition of Islam in and of itself - and that is submission.
Islam by its very essence means to submit to whatever Allah ordains
for humanity. No ifs, no buts, no why's? No how come, just complete
utter submission and servitude to God - and that's what makes you a
Muslim.
Allah says in the Quran:
فَلَا وَرَبِّكَ لَا يُؤْمِنُونَ حَتَّىٰ يُحَكِّمُوكَ فِيمَا شَجَرَ
بَيْنَهُمْ ثُمَّ لَا يَجِدُوا فِي أَنفُسِهِمْ حَرَجًا مِّمَّا قَضَيْتَ
وَيُسَلِّمُوا تَسْلِيمًا
"So irrespective of social norms, trends or cultural practices,
Islamic principles and prohibitions especially those that are clearly
mentioned in the Quran and unanimously agreed upon are final - whether
it's homosexuality, interest, gambling, intoxicants, or adultery.
"Even if the whole world were to disagree and argue that it was for
the betterment of society, that it was for equality, as Muslims our
obedience and reliance shall remain in Allah alone."
News.com.au has contacted Senator Payman for comment.
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