After the caricature exhibition in Texas caused a shootout by religious extremists, the Senate and the Vatican condemned those who organized the event.
The veil once again figures in the culture war in Egypt with a photo of a woman who got a black eye after taking off her hijab going viral on Facebook.
IS leader Abu Bakar Al Baghdadi and Taliban chief Mullah Mohammad Omar declared jihad against each other after the former called the latter a foolish, illiterate warlord.