Official extremism discourse has linked veil-wearing to non-violent extremism.

Evidence

Third, the veil has raised security concerns and has been associated with extremism. While there may be valid practical questions about whether it should be worn in particular professions (e.g. by nursery nurses) or contexts (e.g. in court or during security checks at airports), these can be largely accommodated. More problematic is that the veil continues to be associated with religious conservatism and therefore potentially non-violent extremism. For example, Tony Blair, in a defining speech on integration after the 7/7 London bombings, implied that veil wearing was a possible sign of extremism when he said, ‘it is not sensible to conduct this debate as if the only issue is this very hot and sensitive one of the veil. For one thing, the extremism we face is usually from men not women’ (Prime Minister’s Office 2006). — Runnymede Trust (ed. Farah Elahi & Omar Khan), Islamophobia, 558

Categorization

• XREF: Blair’s 7/7 speech as evidence that the ‘prevent/pre-criminal space’ frame the reader studies in radicalization policy has gendered roots. — connects to: Muslim bodies are treated as potential terrorists until proven otherwise — , Selod, Saher - Forever Suspect_…, 282; Veil-scepticism narratives deny Muslim women agency and ignore reverse coercion — A. Hussain, N. Meer, Framing Muslim Integration, 561; Islamophobia is transmitted through state-polity dialogue via law and rhetoric — Khaled A. Beydoun, American Islamophobia_ Understanding…, 83 (+1 more)

Related

• Muslim women veil for varied personal-political reasons silenced by rescue discourse (similarity 0.81)
• French veil laws institutionalize entwined stereotypes of weak women and violent men (similarity 0.80)
• Veiling discourse excludes women’s own varied motives for wearing it (similarity 0.80)
• Wearing the veil can be a deliberate political act (similarity 0.79)
• The veil functions as feminist resistance and liberation, not only oppression (similarity 0.78)
• Veil-scepticism narratives deny Muslim women agency and ignore reverse coercion (similarity 0.78)

Broader Connections

• Muslim bodies are treated as potential terrorists until proven otherwise #expands (0.85) — , Selod, Saher - Forever Suspect_…, 282
• Islamophobia is transmitted through state-polity dialogue via law and rhetoric #expands (0.80) — Khaled A. Beydoun, American Islamophobia_ Understanding…, 83
• Veil-scepticism narratives deny Muslim women agency and ignore reverse coercion #complicates (0.75) — A. Hussain, N. Meer, Framing Muslim Integration, 561
• Attributed meaning, not the object, triggers Islamophobic retaliation. #expands (0.75) — Chris Allen, Islamophobia, 830