1.   He said the fatwa, or religious decree, would not affect the legitimacy of the children born of such marriages.

2.   People who celebrate the peace that the Taliban occupation brings soon find themselves constrained by religious decrees.

3.   The last leader of Al Azhar had issued a religious decree proclaiming that Islam endorsed the practice of clitoridectomy.

4.   Al Qaeda leaders rejected the proposal but ruled in a series of religious decrees that killing civilians eventually would be necessary, Al-Fadl said.

5.   Concerned about growing permissiveness in Palestinian society, a top Muslim cleric said Friday that he has issued a religious decree demanding a ban on the sale of alcohol.

6.   He has yet to issue any fatwas, or religious decrees.

7.   Militant leaders have issued a religious decree, or Fatwa, permitting the killing of Palestinian officials for their dealings with Israel, said Attorney-General Khaled Kidreh.

8.   Militant leaders have issued a religious decree, or Fatwa, permitting the killing of Palestinian officials for their dealings with Israel, said Attorney General Khaled Kidreh.

9.   The call by Khatami, a middle-ranking cleric, does not carry the weight of a religious decree but could inspire action by an extremists.

10.   The religious decree, issued by the Ayatollah Khomeini before his death, alleged Rushdie had blasphemed Islam in his novel.