In many cases, American Muslim women have been harassed, expelled, denied access to public spaces, and discriminated against in other ways because of their hijabs.

The killing of a teenager by a police officer last week has revived long-standing questions about the state of the French police and the inability of consecutive governments to reform an institution bound by powerful unions.

China is witnessing its largest anti-government protests since the Tiananmen Square massacre.

The relationship between Muslim communities and the police has always been tense, while American society looks to the police for protection in times of harassment, many Muslims distrust the police because of the post-9/11 surveillance that was conducted by the police.