The hateful theatre of niqab ‘unveiling’ feeds far-right fantasies | Amina Shareef | MEE Opinion — Friday 22 May 2026At Unite the Kingdom rally organised by Tommy Robinson, crowds cheered as three white women from the French Nemesis Collective, dressed in niqabs, began tearing off their head and face coverings and throwing them to the ground. Amina Shareef, a researcher of anti-Muslim racism, explained why the moment was intended to symbolise not only the triumph of the West over Islam, but also of men over women. What unfolded on that stage was not simply Islamophobic provocation, Shareef said. It was a caWatch the full video from Middle East Eye below.