Listen carefully. Responses trickling in after Keysar Trad’s comments about violence against women have been extremely telling.
Trad, president of the Australian Federation of Islamic Councils, told Sky News that beating women was acceptable as a “last resort”. He later apologised saying he was “clumsy”.
Federal Minister for Women Michaelia Cash said the remarks were “completely, totally and utterly unacceptable”.
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