Attacks on the veil aimed to dismantle Islam as nationalist resistance glue.

Evidence

In response to rising Islamophobia in France and the United States, many Muslim women who previously did not veil did so as an act of political resistance. For some, spirituality or politics, or a combination of both, spurred this pivot. In the case of Algerian women fighting for independence against the French, the hijab and the niqab were converted into instruments for liberation, through which armed revolutionaries safely passed military checkpoints under their anonymizing shields. — Khaled A. Beydoun, The New Crusades_ Islamophobia and the…, 846 (#complicates, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Attacking the veil aimed to defang Algeria’s Islamic-tinged liberation movement — Deepa Kumar, Islamophobia and the Politics of…, 292; Militants frame mosque destruction as purifying humiliation and unifying their nation. — Charles Tilly, Regimes and Repertoires, 414; Anti-veil campaigns served to weaken Algerian national liberation movements (+5 more)

Broader Connections

• Anti-veil campaigns aimed to disarm Islam as liberation-movement glue #expands (0.96)
• Rising Islamophobia causes some Muslim women to adopt the veil as political resistance #complicates (0.78) — Khaled A. Beydoun, The New Crusades_ Islamophobia and the…, 846