41.   On Wednesday, the military arm of Hamas, an Islamic fundamentalist group, claimed responsibility for the killings.

42.   One of the boycotting parties is a Muslim fundamentalist group, Jamaat-e-Islami.

43.   One of the leaders who attended that meeting said the president was deeply concerned about the possibility of a takeover of the government by fundamentalist political groups.

44.   Other indications of the rising Islamic profile include a proliferation of Muslim charities, and small representations of radical fundamentalist groups tied to the Sudan and Egypt.

45.   Palestinians, including a man waving a flag representing the Muslim fundamentalist group Hamas, left, throw stones at Israeli soldiers on Tuesday.

46.   Polls show most Indians and Pakistanis favor peace, but fundamentalist groups on both sides have tried to thwart diplomatic initiatives.

47.   Popular among military leaders, he was also seen as a liaison between more fundamentalist groups that support Turabi and moderate technocrats surrounding Bashir, political analysts said.

48.   Police said Nasir had confessed to being a Pakistani intelligence agent working with an Islamic fundamentalist group that sponsors terrorist acts.

49.   Several had previously been connected to fundamentalist groups at home.

50.   Since the attacks, senior law enforcement officials have said that al-Qaeda, the militant Islamic fundamentalist group headed by Osama bin Laden was behind the attacks.