11.   But Tunisian history and the intellectual rigor of its Islamic scholars also played a part.

12.   By most accounts, Osama was a pious boy, attending Islamic classes and private school, although he was never an incisive Islamic scholar.

13.   Even Islamic scholars have yet to reach a consensus.

14.   He plans to study four more years and become an Islamic scholar.

15.   Islamic scholars have gleaned similar arguments from the Koran.

16.   Islamic scholars and other experts firmly resist the idea that anything in Islam justifies the assaults that leveled the World Trade Center towers and crippled the Pentagon.

17.   Masari is from an affluent, privileged family in Saudi Arabia, where his father is an Islamic scholar and former judge.

18.   Months ago, Muhammad asked Islamic scholars to issue a fatwa, or religious opinion, on whether Muslims should fight other Muslims.

19.   Most Islamic scholars disagree.

20.   Moderate Islamic scholars say the deliberate pursuit of death is proscribed by Islamic law.