31.  A council of Muslim leaders, or Shura, gathered in one Botlikh village under their control and declared an independent Muslim state of Dagestan governed by Islamic rule.

32.  A Muslim state, Tunisia nonetheless makes Friday a workday, and liquor is easy to find.

33.  A narrator identifies them by noms de guerre and their home countries, such as Egypt, Saudi, Qatar and other Arab and Muslim states.

34.  Abu Sayyaf is the smaller but the more militant of two remaining Muslim rebel groups still fighting for a separate Muslim state in the southern Philippines.

35.  Abu Sayyaf, which says it wants to create a Muslim state in the southern Philippines, has been linked to the al-Qaida terrorist network.

36.  All Arab countries, and Muslim states as far away as Indonesia, have protested the move.

37.  Although a Muslim state, alcoholic beverages are allowed in Bahrain.

38.  Arroyo said her government will also start peace talks with the MILF, fighting for an independent Muslim state in the southern region of Mindanao, within three months.

39.  As the first woman to lead a modern Muslim state, Benazir Bhutto has been branded a heretic by more than one Islamic cleric.

40.  At the United Nations, Israel has often found itself alone, supported only by the United States, when facing dozens of Arab and Muslim states.