1.   But throughout history Islamic rulers have faced the problem of being outflanked by those who call themselves purer.

2.   Mazloomyar, who is a merchant in Jalalabad, would give no opinion on the Taliban, the fundamentalist Islamic rulers of Afghanistan.

3.   The British practiced indirect rule in the region, leaving in place Islamic rulers and allowing them to retain sharia for civil matters like marriage and inheritance.

4.   The Islamic rulers in Iran have shown themselves alert for opportunities to extend their reach, and clearly they see a chance here for a foothold in Europe.

5.   Afghan fighters hold thousands captured as they wrested control of the country from the former radical Islamic rulers and the al-Qaida terrorist network they harbored.

6.   Bin Laden is hiding in Afghanistan as the guest of its Islamic rulers, the Taliban.

7.   Bin Laden is hiding out in Afghanistan as the guest of its Islamic rulers, the Taliban.

8.   He blamed the Taliban and Pakistan, one of only three countries to recognize the Islamic rulers in Afghanistan.

9.   He referred both to the Islamic fundamentalist rulers of Iran as well as radical Palestinian groups trying to derail the Israel-PLO peace process.

10.   It was first time since the attacks that a Taliban official had publicly admitted that the alleged terrorist was under the control of the puritanical Islamic rulers of Afghanistan.