Women who wear the hijab contribute to "passive terrorism," said a US military document

hijab is much more than a head cover. It contributes to the spread of Islamic extremism, or so says part of a military white paper United States is generating criticism.

As reported today the intersection, a document entitled "The struggle against violent extremism: scientific methods and Strategies" issued by the Research Laboratory of the Air Force of the United States, contains a section describing the veil worn by Muslim women worldwide as a contribution to "passive terrorism."

Inflammatory section is called "a strategic plan to defeat radical Islam," and its author is Dr. Tawfik Hamid, who is described as Islamist and former senior member of the Potomac Institute for Policy Studies in Washington DC As the way of extremism

He continues: "At the same time, the proliferation of militant Islam and the hijab contribute to the idea of passive terrorism, which occurs when moderate segments of the population decline that speak against or actively resist terrorism."

Failure to actively resist terrorism, writes, can be considered "a threat to free societies."


Dr. Hamid said quartz their opinions refers to the "phenomenon of the veil", rather than any individual user. "When talking about the hijab, I do not mean to people," he says. "An individual wearing the hijab may be the best person ever."

Asked how he can separate a person, peaceful woman who chooses to wear the hijab in his statement that the head covering contributes to passive terrorism, he says, "Cigarette smoking contributes to the development of lung cancer, but not all single cigarette smokers develop lung cancer. the contribution to something in medicine does not make it the only factor. "

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