She says she's doing it to counter what she calls the politics of division, from parties and politicians such as Pauline Hanson's One Nation and Senator Jacqui Lambie.
Toni Pikos-Sallie says Senator Lambie and the One Nation party are marginalising a minority for political gain.
She says she's entered the political fray to make a statement, that Muslim Australians deserve to be treated as equal members of society.
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