“This fake Islamic hijab is nothing but a political prop, a weapon of visual terrorism. It is the symbol of a totalitarian ideology inspired more by Nazism and Communism than by Islam…. It is used as a means of exerting pressure on Muslim women who do not wear it because they do not share the sick ideology behind it. It is a sign of support for extremists who wish to impose their creed, first on Muslims, and then on the world through psychological pressure, violence, terror, and, ultimately, war.”

Right-wing Iranian exile Amir Taheri commenting on the French hijab ban in the New York Post, 15 August 2003.

Reproduced on the website of the US neocon consultancy Benador Associates.