11.   Pakistan also has been wracked by religious violence, and some police officials said Islamic extremists could be behind the bombings.

12.   Pakistan banned both groups and three others in January in an effort to curb religious violence and ease tensions with India.

13.   Pope John Paul II on Sunday called on instigators of religious violence in Indonesia to desist and instead work for peaceful coexistence between Christians and Muslims.

14.   An assailant set fire to three mosques in a provincial Indonesian town, raising fears of an outburst of religious violence, the official Antara news agency reported Thursday.

15.   And in the years before partition, debate over whether Hindus and Muslims could live together fanned religious violence.

16.   Anti-riot squads patrolled a small town in eastern Indonesia Friday after a fresh wave of religious violence left one man dead, police said.

17.   Attorneys for Aslam expressed concern to the court that the religious ceremony would provoke religious violence.

18.   Asma Afsaruddin, a professor of Arabic and Islamic Studies at the University of Notre Dame, said enormous anger is a driving force behind religious violence.

19.   Before the Supreme Court, attorneys for Aslam expressed concern court that the religious ceremony would provoke more religious violence.

20.   Bangladesh banned the novel, saying it incited religious violence.