41.   Anwar, who started his political career in a radical Islamic group, is widely regarded as a religious scholar.

42.   As deputy prime minister, he led prayers in mosques and often met religious scholars.

43.   As the peace talks entered the closing stage, negotiators also were honing a breakthrough agreement reached Wednesday that would establish a governing commission of religious scholars.

44.   But it is elaborated, interpreted and codified by the ulama, or religious scholars, a disparate group whose legal opinions routinely diverge, sometimes drastically.

45.   But neither side can agree on who qualifies as a religious scholar.

46.   Five days of talks in the Pakistani capital of Islamabad brought a breakthrough agreement Thursday on the establishment of a governing commission of religious scholars.

47.   Five days of talks in Islamabad brought a breakthrough agreement last Wednesday on the establishment of a commission of religious scholars to govern Afghanistan.

48.   Five days of talks in the Pakistani capital of Islamabad brought a breakthrough agreement Wednesday on the establishment of a governing commission of religious scholars.

49.   Hakim Mujahed, the Taliban negotiator, continued to insist that the proposed governing commission of religious scholars be established quickly in order to open up roadblocks.

50.   However, neither side can agree on who qualifies as a religious scholar..