31.   His death made the schism between the two Islamic sects permanent.

32.   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.

33.   Hundreds of people have been killed in recent years in feuding between the rival Islamic sects in Pakistan.

34.   In recent months rival Islamic sects have stepped into the fray, killing dozens of followers.

35.   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.

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

37.   Maskhadov has previously protested alleged Saudi financing of the Wahhabis, a small, radical Islamic sect that has posed a threat to his authority.

38.   Members of a fundamentalist Islamic sect circulated leaflets warning authorities in the southern Russian region of Dagestan not to try to disarm them, a news agency said Thursday.

39.   Most of the attacks have been between rival Islamic sects.

40.   Most followers of the two main Islamic sects live peacefully in Pakistan, but in recent years militant groups have sprung up and they routinely clash.