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Trucks carrying armed police officers run towards the residential area of Uighur people on July 8, 2009 in Urumqi, the capital of Xinjiang Uighur autonomous region, China. (The Asahi Shimbun/Getty Images)
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Trucks carrying armed police officers run towards the residential area of Uighur people on July 8, 2009 in Urumqi, the capital of Xinjiang Uighur autonomous region, China. (The Asahi Shimbun/Getty Images)
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Assistant Professor, Frostburg State University
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The European Parliament building. From 23 May to 26 May, the citizens of 28 EU states will elect a new parliament. (Getty Images)
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The European Parliament building. From 23 May to 26 May, the citizens of 28 EU states will elect a new parliament. (Getty Images)
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Senior Fellow and Director, Center for American Common Culture
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An Algerian protester waves a flag during an anti-government demonstration to demand an overhaul of the political system after long-serving president Abdelaziz Bouteflika resigned. (picture alliance/Getty Images)
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An Algerian protester waves a flag during an anti-government demonstration to demand an overhaul of the political system after long-serving president Abdelaziz Bouteflika resigned. (picture alliance/Getty Images)
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Ravenel B. Curry III Distinguished Fellow in Strategy and Statesmanship
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Cartoon published in the British newspaper the INDEPENDENT in which the Ayatollah Khomeini is throwing a copy of THE RIGHTS OF MAN by Tom Paine onto a bonfire stoked with copies of THE SATANIC VERSES by Salman Rushdie. (Terry Smith/The LIFE Images Collect
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Cartoon published in the British newspaper the INDEPENDENT in which the Ayatollah Khomeini is throwing a copy of THE RIGHTS OF MAN by Tom Paine onto a bonfire stoked with copies of THE SATANIC VERSES by Salman Rushdie. (Terry Smith/The LIFE Images Collect
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Senior Fellow and Director, Center on Islam, Democracy, and the Future of the Muslim World
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