Pauline Hanson says Australians who share her concerns about Islam want her to keep speaking out.
The senator-elect says she's had a flood of support since appearing on the ABC's Q&A program to say Islam is incompatible with Australia's way of life and is fuelling the threat of terrorism.
"People are just saying 'please don't give up, you are there as a voice for us'. This is not an issue I'll allow to be buried under the carpet," the One Nation leader told AAP on Tuesday.
"You hear the prime minister going on about border protection. But this is within our borders now. This is our greatest danger."
Ms Hanson supports a ban on Muslim immigration and offered words of support for Nine Network TV host Sonia Kruger, who has also called for Australia to close its borders to Muslims.
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"She has put herself out there. I commend her for it," Ms Hanson told said.
"She's speaking because she's a mother and she's worried about the future of her child, and future generations."
The Queensland senator-elect faced several difficult questions during the Q&A program, including one from Australian Muslim Khaled Elomar.
Mr Elomar told Ms Hanson he'd made his son watch videos of her speeches when the child had asked what Islamophobia was. Then he asked if it was hatred, ignorance or fear that was behind her Islamophobia.
Ms Hanson responded by saying the boy was an equal citizen of Australia as long as his loyalty was to the country, and wasn't "torn by an ideology that has hatred towards the West or infidels".
On Tuesday, she questioned what Mr Elomar might tell his son when deadly acts of terror were associated with Islam.
"What does he tell his son when he sees terror on our streets, that people have been murdered? Does he say 'my religion, your religion, is associated with this?'" she said.
"I'm sick of hearing this, (Muslim) people coming out and saying you've no idea how we're treated. A lot of Australians feel that way too."
She said it was a fact that hatred was being taught in some mosques.
"We know for a fact that the young 15-year-old who killed (Sydney police employee) Curtis Cheng got the gun from a mosque," she said.
She wants an inquiry into Islam as part of the search for solutions to the scourge of terrorism.
"We clearly have a problem here and I'm trying to find the answer. I'm not inciting violence, I'm trying to find answers so we can live in peace and harmony."
Australia's Race Discrimination Commissioner Dr Tim Soutphommasane says fair-minded Australians are right to object to proposed bans on Muslims entering the country.
"I urge that we conduct our debates with civility and respect. There should be no excuses for prejudice or discrimination," he told AAP.
"Those who disagree with Ms Hanson and Ms Kruger have every right to speak out against their views, but they shouldn't lapse into any abuse or harassment."
