A head of state can publicly recast Islam as part of national identity.

Evidence

Ardern’s message was clear. Islam was neither the “other” nor the “invader.” Islam and New Zealand are one integrated “body,” not civilizational enemies pitted against one another by a War on Terror or a white supremacist bent on mass murder. She believed that, firmly, as the weight of the world fell on her shoulders that holy Friday, a week after her nation’s unholiest day. — Khaled A. Beydoun, The New Crusades_ Islamophobia and the…, 1027