71.   Qatar, like other oil-rich Gulf states, is struggling to open up to the modern world while retaining strict Islamic traditions.

72.   Saudi Arabia on Wednesday denied allegations by an American human rights group that foreign workers are mistreated, saying the report was unfounded and antagonistic to Islamic traditions.

73.   She defied Islamic tradition by pursuing athletics, becoming a symbol for women who wished a less restrictive role in their society.

74.   Ruslan Aushev, president of Ingushetia, decreed earlier this month that men could legally take up to four wives, in line with Islamic tradition.

75.   Sharia is based on the Koran and the body of Islamic traditions.

76.   Such arguments, though, are lost on the many Muslim supporters of Sharia, which is based on the Koran and the body of Islamic traditions.

77.   Television transmitted pictures of Ulugbek and Dildora Babadzhanov, and said they were from the Fergana Valley, an Uzbek region with a strong Islamic tradition.

78.   The exact numbers of casualties could not be determined immediately because many bury their dead immediately in accordance with strict Islamic tradition.

79.   The death toll is impossible to know because most Afghans bury their dead immediately in accordance with strict Islamic tradition.

80.   The fundamentalists in Pakistan say a liberal Indian culture could harm their Islamic traditions.