When the stench of patriarchal enforcement against the wishes of the individual woman wafts like a blocked sewer.

Forcing women to wear it; banning women from wearing it; same stench.  It's their choice, or should be.

the veil is the most obvious symbol of oppression

But it's not!  Maybe it's a symbol to those who would ban it or enforce it, but not to the vast majority of women who choose to wear it.  To tell a muhajaba that her headcovering is a symbol of her oppression is just as offensive as telling me that my lipstick and jewelry are symbols of my wanton immorality.