Liberal candidate dumped by party after investigation into Islamophobic posts

Jessica Whelan will be disendorsed as the Liberal Party candidate for the Tasmanian seat of Lyons. 

Education Minister Simon Birmingham revealed on Friday morning new information obtained overnight meant her position as the candidate for the seat of Lyons, in Tasmania, was no longer tenable. 

'We won't tolerate that. We won't accept that. Scott Morrison has taken a strong stance in this regard,' he said. 

'The state executive of the Liberal Party in Tasmania will be taking steps to deal with this candidate.'  

Ms Whelan is accused of advocating the genital mutilation of Muslim women and selling them as slaves, and of saying Tasmanians 'don't bloody want' to take in Syrian refugees. 

She has strenuously denied the allegations.  

In a statement, the mother-of-two wrote: 'The comment on the post about 'feminists in America' appears to be have been digitally manipulated'. 

'I strenuously deny making this comment. We will be referring it to the relevant authorities.' 

Liberal Party member Jessica Whelan (pictured) has been dumped as a candidate for the Tasmanian seat of Lyons

Liberal Party member Jessica Whelan (pictured) has been dumped as a candidate for the Tasmanian seat of Lyons

A Facebook profile under the candidate's name recently commented on a post about US police officer Mohamed Noor, saying: 'He's a filthy Muslim!'

This was in response to Noor being found guilty of third-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter of an Australian woman. 

Her second alleged remark was under Reclaim Australia Rally's Facebook post about Iraqi and Syrian refugees being settled in New South Wales.   

'Don't bloody send them to Tasmania. We don't want them. Nick McKim, the biggest waste of space in politics, does not represent Tasmanians,' the same account wrote, the ABC reported. 

The damning comments surfaced after she was accused in Tasmanian parliament on Thursday of advocating genital mutilation of Muslim women and selling them as slaves. 

Her alleged remark was under Reclaim Australia Rally's Facebook post about Iraqi and Syrian refugees being settled in New South Wales

Her alleged remark was under Reclaim Australia Rally's Facebook post about Iraqi and Syrian refugees being settled in New South Wales

This was in response to US police officer Mohamed Noor being found guilty of third-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter of an Australian woman

This was in response to US

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