"An anti-immigration politician has withdrawn from the Australian election after the screening of an interview in which she called the Quran the "haram", said Islam was a country, and asserted that Jews followed Jesus. Stephanie Banister quit as the One Nation party's candidate for Franklin, Queensland, on Saturday after receiving widespread ridicule for the interview, which was broadcast on Wednesday on Channel Seven."

http://www.aljazeera.com/news/asia-pacific/2013/08/201381014219445869.html