1.   And the fact that the imminent threat in Asia appears to be radicalism from Islamic sects in the Philippines and Indonesia.

2.   After Russian fighters bombed their villages in Dagestan last week, members of the Wahabites, a strict Islamic sect, retaliated by bombing the apartment building in Buinaksk.

3.   Alawites have many distinctive beliefs and practices, and there is disagreement among Muslims about whether they are an Islamic sect or a separate religion.

4.   But can all this be true of Ashaari Mohamed, the seemingly gentle, ever-smiling leader of the popular Islamic sect known as Al Arqam?

5.   Gilani, leader of a small Islamic sect, Tanzimul Fuqra, was arrested in Rawalpindi and taken to Karachi, police officials said.

6.   The raids Tuesday were directed against the Wahhabis, an Islamic sect in Dagestan that has been sympathetic to the militants.

7.   The Wahhabis, an Islamic sect, had enjoyed relative autonomy and were thought to have some sympathy for the Chechen-based rebels.

8.   Twenty-nine members of an Islamic sect were charged with treason for looting two army camps last month in the northern state of Perak.

9.   Under the harsh rule of the radical Islamic sect, most Afghans have lived in abject misery, further darkened by three years of drought.

10.   With the Taliban, a fundamentalist Islamic sect, in the crosshairs of a possible U.S. attack, large numbers of Afghans have fled their homes.