The Islamic leadership here is split between those who limit their activities to religious issues and others who are highly political.

The remark seemed to imply that the Egyptian Government, perhaps under an Islamic leadership, would eventually be hostile toward Israel.

Honoring Bazargan, a moderate icon, was a finger in the eye to Iran's current hard-line Islamic leadership.

Islamic leadership seeks to curtail the one artistic field that has maintained an international following.

Both Saudi Arabia and Iran have aspiration for Islamic leadership and both countries possess different vision of regional order.

There is no question that the domestic needs of Iran's Islamic leadership dictate a hostile relationship with America.

Since independence, the Islamic leadership in Turkmenistan has been more assertive, but in large part it still responds to government control.

The political struggle is quite likely to refocus from the complaints of the democratic reformists to a struggle between secular and Islamic political leadership.

The new Iranian Islamic leadership had little patience for Kurdish demands and opted for crushing unrest through military means.