11.   Khaburdzaniya said that other Arabs in the gorge are not militants, but are studying Wahhabism, the dominant Muslim sect in Saudi Arabia.

12.   Malaysian authorities have banished the former leader of an outlawed Muslim sect to a remote offshore financial center on Borneo island, news reports said Saturday.

13.   No one has been arrested, but police in Karachi have deployed hundreds of additional troops to try to prevent more violence between the two Muslim sects.

14.   Police, with journalists in tow, stormed a house owned by the leader of what police say is a radical Muslim sect.

15.   Saudi Arabia also has bickered with Iran, mostly over religious differences between their respective countries dominant Muslim sects.

16.   Saudi Arabia also has sparred with Iran, mostly over religious differences between their respective countries dominant Muslim sects.

17.   The center of the latest fighting is a shantytown where a secular Muslim sect has grown uneasy over the rise of Islamic fundamentalists.

18.   The government received calls from six people saying they were from different Muslim sects, asserting they were responsible, a Justice Department official said.

19.   The Malaysian government has warned that it will crack down on followers of a local Muslim sect who try to revive the banned movement, news reports said Sunday.

20.   The Nation of Islam says it is guided by the Koran, but the group is not considered a true Muslim sect by others who practice Islam.