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Pakistani-born Muslim senator Mehreen Faruqi abused on Facebook and Twitter
Greens lawmaker trolled on social media after tweeting about Melbourne Cup
Told to go back to Pakistan and called vile names after slamming horse racing

By Stephen Johnson For Daily Mail Australia

Published: 23:41 EST, 6 November 2018 | Updated: 23:55 EST, 6 November 2018

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Muslim senator Mehreen Faruqi has been called a 'maggot' and told to go back to Pakistan after she tweeted the Melbourne Cup was deadly to horses.

The Greens MP, who moved to Australia in 1992, received a barrage of abuse on social media following the death of Irish stallion The Cliffsofmoher.

The senator for New South Wales, who only last year renounced her dual Pakistani citizenship, was trolled online after tweeting the five-year-old horse was 'killed for the sake of gambling by racing in the Melbourne Cup this afternoon'.

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Muslim senator Mehreen Faruqi (pictured) has been told to go back to Pakistan after she tweeted the Melbourne Cup was deadly to horses

The Greens MP, who moved to Australia in 1992, received a barrage of abuse on social media following the death of Irish stallion The Cliffsofmoher (pictured on Tuesday)

Senator Faruqi, the Greens's animal welfare spokeswoman, was told to leave Australia by several social media trolls.

'P*** off back to where you came from,' one man wrote on her Facebook page.

'Clearly you have no intention to assimilate or embrace the culture that has dragged you into equality as a woman and provided you with a wage well beyond the slums of your home land.'

The 55-year-old lawmaker said she was targeted because of her skin colour, three months after telling the Senate 'everyone' who was not a white, straight male experienced 'online harassment, bullying and toxicity'.

The senator for New South Wales was trolled online after tweeting the five-year-old horse was 'killed for the sake of gambling by racing in the Melbourne Cup this afternoon'

'This is what happens when people of colour speak out on almost any issue,' she said.

Senator Faruqi has posted a compilation of the most vile social media messages, following her 'horse racing kills' and 'nuptothecup' messages.

'F*** of you filthy unelected foreign interloper,' one man said of the woman who in August filled Lee Rhiannon's casual Senate vacancy.

'P*** off back to your s***hole of Pakistan. Ya maggot.'

Senator Faruqi has posted a compilation of the most vile social media messages, following her 'horse racing kills' and 'nuptothecup' messages

The senator said she was targeted because of her skin colour, three months after telling the Senate 'everyone' who was not a white, straight male has harassed online

Not all her critics were abusive, however, with conservative Jewish activist Avi Yemini questioning how she could campaign against animal cruelty but fail to condemn halal slaughter practices, where live sheep and cattle have their throats slit so the meat is fit for Muslims to eat.

'Senator Mehreen Faruqi is out campaigning today against the Melbourne Cup for animal cruelty. Meanwhile, she fully supports halal slaughter,' he said.

Conservative Jewish activist questioned how she could campaign against animal cruelty but fail to condemn halal slaughter, where live sheep and cattle have their throats slit