Wearing the veil can be a deliberate political act

Evidence

For an account of the political motives for donning the veil, see Elham Manea, “The Veil as a Political Act,” E-International Relations, February 7, 2018. — Khaled A. Beydoun, The New Crusades_ Islamophobia and the…, 1648

Categorization

• XREF: Pairs with Beydoun’s ‘Acting Muslim’ on performed identity under suspicion — and with the reader’s immodesty article. — connects to: Forced unveiling campaigns backfire by driving women to adopt the veil; The veil functions as feminist resistance and liberation, not only oppression — Deepa Kumar, Islamophobia and the Politics of…, 305; Enforced unveiling converts the veil into a symbol of anticolonial resistance