I wouldn ' t be able to answer that question either being a non Muslim male , but I can imagine it isn ' t that black and white as it tends to be made . I ' m sure you have a group of women that feels it ' s part of their culturenormal , a group that feels it oppresses them and a group who is more or less indifferent . However , I can imagine that if you wore a full burqa for half of your life , say 40 years , and you move to Northern Europe , even if you are willing and motivated to embrace and integrate and do so , it can still be hard to remove something that was such a large part of your identity for so long . When I lived in East Amsterdam I was the minority in that neighborhood that was mainly Middle EasternAsianreligous and me being atheist and white , but it didn ' t really bother me . I don ' t know if part of it has to do with the fact that I grew up in Washington DC were the majority is black , or maybe just how I was raised at home . But my point is that when I lived there I really wasn ' t ' enjoyed ' or felt like I was not living in the Netherlands by seeing people walking around with veils or scarfs plus the food there is amazing and cheap ! I see it as part of the Western culture were we embrace multiculturalism and have very diverse demographics .