51.   He, too, refused to give details, saying it was an internal religious affair.

52.   In a step toward equality of the sexes in Israeli religious affairs, three women were appointed Wednesday to the religious council of the Efrat settlement south of Jerusalem.

53.   Irsan, along with former minister of religious affairs Munawir Sjadzali, chair the advisory board.

54.   Journalist Dan Ciachir, who specializes in religious affairs, said in a telephone that much of what Evenimentul Zilei reported was already well known.

55.   Justice Stanley Mosk dissented, saying the Legislature was meddling in religious affairs and granting religious groups greater power than the general public enjoys.

56.   Netanyahu held back several key portfolios, including the foreign ministry, housing ministry and religious affairs ministry until he could work out a compromise.

57.   Netanyahu, hoping to bring the two into his Cabinet later, retains the foreign minister, housing minister and religious affairs minister for himself for now.

58.   Netanyahu, hoping to bring the two into his Cabinet later, retained the foreign minister, housing minister and religious affairs minister for himself for now.

59.   No date was set for the visit but television indicated it would take place soon under the leadership of religious affairs adviser Maulvi Muadidin Baluch.

60.   PPP was alone in urging the Assembly to exclude nondenominational faiths from the religious affairs section and to establish a separate decree on human rights.