In Western tradition, a mask is meant to conceal identity usually for reasons to disguise those who carry our their will against others using force, bandits and police. The terrorists in the Mideast use masks to conceal their covert murders.
The only value I see in Islamic women wearing a veil is to protect their faces from acid being thrown at them by Islamic men, I mean animals.
The West has too many religious leaders who say stupid things that turn out to hurt those who don't even listen to them and follow a secular life. I need Islam in my community like I need a hole in the head. This idiot thinks he is protecting all of us by protecting Islam. My head hurts.
Civilized Western nations don't have masked police (and the rare exceptions are among agencies noted for their abuses, e.g. the BATF).
Actually, it occurs to me that many US jurisdictions have anti-public-mask laws (originally aimed at the Ku Klux Klan). Narrowly carved exceptions for general public purposes (e.g. Halloween celebrations) are one thing, but an exception designed to serve a specific religious sect would seem to run afoul of the First Amendment.