1.   However, Sheik Youssef al-Qaradawi, a prominent Egyptian and Sunni cleric, also has approved of female suicide bombers.

2.   Religious hit squads shot and killed four Shiite Muslim activists and a Sunni cleric in the port city of Karachi, authorities said Wednesday.

3.   The Sunni cleric, Maulana Abdul Bassit, was fatally shot outside his home.

4.   Unidentified gunmen here have shot dead two Sunni Moslem clerics of Irani-Baloch origin, police said Wednesday.

5.   Police said both were Sunni clerics of Irani Baloch origin, but the murderers had not been identified and the motive for the killing was unknown.