The wearing of the burka seems to be, excuse the pun, an example of veiled political/religious hostility. It has no place in European societies and should be banned.
Unfortunately, in the UK, the politicians are far too afraid to do so for fear of provoking further social unrest, i.e, fairly recent riots in Bradford and Burnley, and of provoking further terrorist outrages.
Chris made the comment earlier that there is far 'too much of the tail wagging the dog' in UK society. That is a genuinely widely-held conviction in Britain in relation to the Muslim minority. No less a figure than the Archbishop of Canterbury has recently argued that it is 'inevitable' that some aspects of Sharia Law will have to be accomodated within the UK. Whilst this provoked widespread anger, it is sobering to hear a senior figure like this speak in such pathetic, defeatist tones. I say 'defeatist' because there is a battle going on. Secular Britain is finding it increasingly difficult to accomodate Islam into its so-called 'rich' and 'diverse' multicultural mix.
As Maciamo said previously of Belgian cities; take a walk around any large English city [and Glasgow in Scotland] and one encounters the increasingly common sight of veiled females who seemingly live lives far removed from those of native Britons. In fact, one could be literally in a 'foreign' country. One day, 'We the People' may awaken to be 'We Another People'.