41.   A crucial vote Sunday could determine whether Turkey will continue its secular and western course or turn towards Islamic rule.

42.   A council of Muslim leaders, or Shura, gathered in one Botlikh village under their control and declared an independent Muslim state of Dagestan governed by Islamic rule.

43.   Al-Gamaa and other radical groups seek to overthrow the secular government and impose strict Islamic rule.

44.   Algerian Muslim militants trying to topple the Algerian government and install strict Islamic rule have claimed responsibility for some of the bombings and attempts.

45.   Al-Gamaa al-Islamiyya has waged a three-year campaign to install strict Islamic rule in Egypt.

46.   Algeria has been plagued by a three-year insurgency by militant groups trying to topple the military-backed government and install strict Islamic rule.

47.   Al-Jihad wants to oust the government of President Hosni Mubarak and install Islamic rule.

48.   Along with their version of strict Islamic rule, Taliban rebels have vowed to bring peace to Afghanistan.

49.   Al-Gamaa al-Islamiyya has waged a three-year campaign to impose strict Islamic rule in Egypt.

50.   Algerian Muslim militants trying to topple the Algerian government and install strict Islamic rule claimed responsibility for some of the bombings and attempts.