1. Local tribal elders and clerics from Qarabagh district where the Koreans were taken have been conducting negotiations by telephone with the captors for several days.
2. He also said ministry forces would take local clerics or respected figures with them when they carry out raids in sensitive areas.
3. Most Sunni Muslim clerics and politicians have urged their followers to veto the charter, complaining they did not have adequate representation in drafting it.
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4. The Ulama Council is Afghanistan's main body of Islamic clergy and is controlled by conservative clerics.
5. Protesters have vented most of their anger on conservative clerics who control the key elements of power in Iran.
6. The Guardian Council is an unelected body of 12 clerics and Islamic law experts close to the supreme leader and seen as supportive of Ahmadinejad.
7. He said clerics had to correct or review religious curriculum and evaluate religious books in circulation.
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8. The move by clerics is the first time moderate groups have agreed to play a decisive and united role in tackling terrorism.
9. Most Sunni Muslim clerics and politicians have urged their followers to vote against the document, complaining that they did not have adequate representation in drafting it.
10. Students said it highlighted the impotence of Khatami's government compared with powerful unelected conservative clerics who have opposed his reformist agenda.