I have traveled quite a bit of Morocco, and a bit of Tunisia. I have daily contact with Muslims. I have a Moroccan colleague too.

I found Morocco alien, strange. I did not grasp a lot of it's social codes, even with there being little of a language barrier. And I mean alien in a neutral way, not necessarily demeaning. It is a country I could never live in, I could never accustom myself to it.

The western Muslims range from complete jerks to some really cool people. Though, to be perfectly honest, most of the latter are the ones that are best integrated. There is no shortage of modest, polite, smart Muslims. Of liberated women. Of Muslims who got themselves a life and contribute to society in a meaningful way.