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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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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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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The Islamic militia that controls much of southern Somalia said Tuesday it will train students for holy war against foreign peacekeepers, an ominous development amid fears that a Taliban-style regime is emerging in the country.
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The Shiite cleric seeks an Islam-friendly Iraq, but not a theocracy.
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A jailed Islamic militant testifying in the Jakarta terrorism trial of Abu Bakar Bashir says the Muslim cleric was once invited by Osama bin Laden to live in Afghanistan.
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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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Troops backed by gunship helicopters ringed a militant cleric's hideout in northwest Pakistan on Friday, clashing with his supporters a day after a deadly bombing, officials said.
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TANK, Pakistan  - Militants in Pakistan beheaded an Afghan cleric they accused of spying for U.S. forces fighting insurgents in Afghanistan, officials said on Wednesday.
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BAGHDAD - When guards in the holy city of Karbala waved a Shi'ite religious leader's convoy through a security cordon and into the Imam Hussein shrine last week, they incensed a crowd of rival militia men and sparked fighting that claimed the lives of at least 50 and left parts of the city smoldering.
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An Indonesian convicted terrorist told a court hearing here Thursday that Osama bin Laden had invited Muslim cleric Abu Bakar Ba&#39;asyir to stay in Afghanistan if the cleric felt uncomfortable in Indonesia.
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PESHAWAR, Pakistan  - He talks like a hard-core  Islamist, but sounds like a lost little boy.
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LAHORE, Pakistan  - A convention of Muslim clerics   organized by a charity that Washington has branded a terrorist   group called on Thursday for the removal of Pope Benedict for   fuelling enmity between faiths with his comments about Islam   last week.
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NAJAF: Radical Shi&#39;ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr has urged his Mehdi Army followers to keep fighting the US-led forces attacking Najaf, but said he was willing to hand over the city shrine to religious leaders.
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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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Mumtaz Ahmad spent more than three years at a madrasa in Pakistan learning the Koran, then pursued his pious desire to become a Qari' -- one who recites the Muslim holy book -- at a similar Islamic religious school in Kabul.
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JAKARTA : Reviving violence-weakened bonds between moderate clerics and followers of different faiths holds the key to crushing Asia&#39;s formidable network of extremist militants, regional leaders said Monday.