11.   But several Muslim experts said the fatwa could have broad impact beyond the United States by providing religious justification for Muslim nations to cooperate with the American military effort.

12.   But officials said that Turkey, the only Muslim nation to participate in the force, would need more time to work out logistics.

13.   But the Taliban may pose a wider challenge, especially to the Muslim nations of what was Soviet Central Asia.

14.   But the Muslim nation has set conditions for accepting the task, including guarantees of Western financial assistance and assurances of American military help.

15.   But the Vatican and some conservative Muslim nations have continued to work for removal of the crucial landmark declaration that women have sexual rights independent of men.

16.   By the standards of Muslim nations, Turkey is a model of progressivism.

17.   Christians in Pakistan are a tiny minority in a Muslim nation, and have not been spared from religious tensions.

18.   Continuing U.S. belligerence and aggression would severely limit the credibility and legitimacy of religious and political reformers who advocate a liberal democratic future for Muslim nations.

19.   Do they really want Albanians to form another Muslim nation in Europe?

20.   Delegates from several Muslim nations said that they did not approve of the way the document called for reproductive rights for individuals, rather than couples.