Hijab: "A weapon of visual terrorism"
"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
Bob Pitt