Afghan cleric takes Islamic battle to the airwaves
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When the Soviet Union occupied Afghanistan in the 1980s, Sheikh Mohammad Asif Mohseni formed an Islamic force while in exile to fight alongside other holy warriors against the invaders.
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Indonesian TV shows that feature   scantily dressed women are more dangerous than bombs, a   militant Muslim cleric who served a jail term for links to the   Bali bombings was quoted as saying on Wednesday.
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PESHAWAR, Pakistan  - He talks like a hard-core  Islamist, but sounds like a lost little boy.
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The rise of a powerful cleric exposes economic and political failures in a government-administered area. Part 1 of three.
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Aug. 20 (Bloomberg) -- Moqtada al-Sadr, a Shiite Muslim cleric leading an insurgency in Iraq, ordered his militiamen to leave holy shrines in Najaf, as fighting in the city continued, the Qatar-based al-Jazeera television network said.
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A rebel cleric said he and his fighters hoped their deaths would spark an Islamic revolution in Pakistan, as commandos blew holes in the walls of their besieged mosque compound to help women and children inside escape.
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President Gen. Pervez Musharraf is fighting to maintain control of Pakistan in the face of rising Islamic militancy and a secular pro-democracy movement.
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An Afghan Islamic cleric who died in  custody in Pakistan on Wednesday had signs of torture on his  body, an intelligence official said.
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The volatile cleric was praised when he said he was freezing his militia. But U.S. officers on the ground are doubtful it will make much difference on the streets
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ISLAMABAD, Pakistan -- After months of whipping his followers into a frenzy of anti government sentiment, the head cleric at a radical mosque was caught yesterday trying to leave his besieged compound clad in a head-to-toe veil known as a burqa, police said.
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An Islamic militia leader called for a holy war Friday against Ethiopian troops protecting Somalia's weak U.N.-backed government.
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In Indonesia, a militant Islamic cleric charged with inspiring a series of terrorist attacks has had a chance to defend himself. Abu Bakar Bashir could face a firing squad if he is convicted, but in court
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A leading Shiite Muslim cleric Friday criticized the heavy use of force by the US military against insurgents in a northern Iraqi city, saying
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When the call to prayer rings out, Muslim faithful converge on the blue-tiled Qaraman-e-Karbala Mosque in the Afghan capital. At the gates, they are politely stopped and those with bags are searched.
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Political leaders say a homegrown breed of imams must be created to stanch the migration of Muslim clerics.
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KABUL, Afghanistan Oct. 8, 2004 - In advance of Afghanistan&#39;s first-ever direct presidential election, Muslim clerics urged Friday worshippers to embrace democracy, election workers scurried to ready voting
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PARIS -- A leading Palestinian Muslim cleric rushed to Yasser Arafat's bedside yesterday, reading passages from the Koran as the Palestinian leader clung to life. Government officials here and in the West Bank pressed ahead with funeral plans.