Some muslim women have made themselves an easy political target by adopting a form of dress (face coverings) which is a political statement, i.e. an allegiance with a radical fundamentalist interpretation of Islam with political motivations.  Muslim religious authorities have stated unequivocally that face coverings are not a religious obligation.  For the author to infer that face coverings are an expression of religious freedom is disingenuous.  I challenge her to produce a ruling from a legitimate muslim authority to support her position.   Women with face coverings may not be personally responsible for the outrages committed in the name of radical muslim fundamentalists, but they wear the symbols of that movement.  Similarly, not all white supremascists are personally responsible for the outrages committed in the name of that movement, but their symbols are abhorent because of what they represent.