41.   Islamic law is not clear on the issue, say many Muslim scholars.

42.   Initially, the nearly blind Muslim scholar enjoyed wide support amid hopes that he would deliver economic and democratic reforms after years of corrupt dictatorship.

43.   Leaders of Gulf states urged Muslim scholars Wednesday to help stem Islamic extremism by preaching tolerance.

44.   Muslim scholars backs some female circumcision.

45.   Muslim scholars are assisting the police interrogation.

46.   Muslim scholars as well as police are interrogating el-Aqad, the statement said.

47.   Muslim scholars differ on whether it should cover face.

48.   Muslim scholars, too, have long debated the role and place of non-Muslims in Muslim societies.

49.   Nouri Hamedani, another Grand Ayatollah, said the fatwa must be enforced and no high-ranking Muslim scholar can reverse it.

50.   Nouri Hamedani, another Grand Ayatollah, said the fatwa must be enforced and no high-ranking Muslim scholar can issue a fatwa to reverse it.