11.   A man was killed when Muslim villagers in southern Russia clashed with members of a fundamentalist Islamic sect, accusing them of intolerance, a news agency reported Tuesday.

12.   Ashkirkulov said that some Islamic leaders in Kyrgyzstan were propagating Wahhabism, the creed of a fundamentalist Islamic sect with its origins in Saudi Arabia.

13.   Authorities believe that the Wahhabis, a fundamentalist Islamic sect, could have been involved in the attack on Mufti Said-Mohammad Abubakarov.

14.   Authorities in southern Russia mediated a truce Tuesday between Muslim villagers and members of a fundamentalist Islamic sect after a clash that left one man dead and three wounded.

15.   Authorities believe that the Wahhabis, a fundamentalist Islamic sect, could have been involved in the attack.

16.   However, most Chechens practice moderate form of Islam, and the government has been critical of Wahhabis, a fundamentalist Islamic sect with its origins in Saudi Arabia.

17.   Interfax said the protesters were believed to be Wahhabis, a fundamentalist Islamic sect that has been blamed for recent violence in several parts of the former Soviet Union.

18.   Karimov and other leaders expressed special concern about the Wahhabis, a fundamentalist sect that has been blamed for recent violence in southern Russia and Central Asia.

19.   Last week, a clash between government forces and armed members of a fundamentalist Islamic sect, the Wahhabis, left at least six people dead.

20.   Many of the rebels belong to the fundamentalist Wahhabi sect and are seeking an independent Islamic republic in the mostly Muslim regions of the Caucasus Mountains.