Attacking the veil aimed to defang Algeria’s Islamic-tinged liberation movement

Evidence

Additionally, the attack on the veil and the attack on Islam were means by which to defang the national liberation movement that had used Islam as an ideological glue to bring people together to stand up to French imperialism. — Deepa Kumar, Islamophobia and the Politics of Empire, 292

Categorization

• XREF: Pays off the ch22 thread about imperial feminism; also links to earlier claims that veiling discourse attacks Islam as nationalist resistance glue. — connects to: Anti-veil campaigns served to weaken Algerian national liberation movements; Anti-veil campaigns aimed to disarm Islam as liberation-movement glue; Attacks on the veil aimed to dismantle Islam as nationalist resistance glue.

Broader Connections

• Anti-veil campaigns served to weaken Algerian national liberation movements #corroborates (0.95)
• Attacks on the veil aimed to dismantle Islam as nationalist resistance glue. #corroborates (0.92)
• Anti-veil campaigns aimed to disarm Islam as liberation-movement glue #qualifies (0.88)