Policing Muslim women’s bodies is the primary target of Islamophobia

Evidence

Following the intellectual direction of pioneering Muslim feminists like Fatema Mernissi, The New Crusades seeks to unveil how societal and state-sponsored Islamophobia is often first concerned with policing female bodies: “The so-called modesty of [Muslim] women is in fact a war tactic.” — Khaled A. Beydoun, The New Crusades_ Islamophobia and the…, 44