The Ugly Truth Behind Western Obsessions with the Hijab

French police recently enforced the burkini ban on a Nice beach, standing to watch as a woman complied with the order to remove her suit. Why do Western states politicize women’s wardrobes?

by Nida Hussain

It has happened, and it cannot be undone. In the year 2016, at a time when gender equality and women’s representation are at the forefront of policy and Western popular culture, a woman has been publicly ordered by police to disrobe in the home of liberty, equality, and fraternity – France.

Though the law that facilitated this horror has s…