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I'm very much anti-racism etc, but I do also feel the laws and beliefs of the country you are in, should be respected. Where my grandmother lived (near Dewsbury, West Yorkshire), was slap bang in the middle of the Muslim community (I'm going back 20+years now). Killing of a goat over the street drain was not uncommon, and neither was traditional Muslim dress etc. But there were not many women wearing the burqa back then, and there always seemed to be that mutual respect for others cultures etc etc. The same area now has a ban on the killing/draining of blood in to the street drains, most of the women are wearing burqas, and there really is a VERY clear divide between Muslim and none-Muslim people. The older generation didn't always understand the killing of the animals, and draining of the blood etc etc. But they respected it as part of the Muslim culture. If it happened out in the street today, people would go absolutely nuts. But we "British" people have been killing livestock in open view for thousands of years, so I see no need to object to such things.
We also need to remember that the burqa is not something a woman chooses to wear as such. It was forced upon the women by the man in their life, or their father/family. The Hijab is the traditional head dress of the Islamic faiths, and is worn voluntarily as a show of respect and faith. The burqa comes from an extreme group of believers, thought to have originated in Afghanistan areas.