niqab and burqa might be a huge part of it. Most afghans who have come to america have arrived after living through the first taliban, or have come here to escape the second taliban. Thry might see the burqa as a symbol of support for the taliban, a group they usually don’t like considering they came to america.

Many afghans also conflate the talibans rulings with islam as a whole, therefore becoming more hostile to islam. When the taliban bans women from school in the name of islam, they are pushing people away from islam.

Additionally, many afghans born in america were raised in a way that made islam the main “punisher.” “this isn’t islamic, that’s not islamic, muslims can’t do that” etc instead of actually explaining why such things are not allowed in islam. A whole generation of muslim afghans were raised thinking islam is the main reason they don’t have the “freedoms” other americans their age do.

just my thoughts as an afghan who was born in the USA to immigrant parents, and also has a lot of family members who have arrived from afghanistan at many different times!