Muslim leaders said thousands of people had applied to go.

The decision for an execution is to be made by the Muslim leader.

Muslim religious leaders also don't want to do anything that might threaten their own power.

They had to take permission from local Muslim leaders to go outside the village.

The group's targets in that region have included Muslim leaders.

Her family also began to benefit financially, Muslim leaders said.

But some Muslim leaders said more than a shift in rhetoric was needed.

Muslim leaders took the occasion to support the Palestinian cause.

He said several Muslim leaders had called him with condolences.

Muslim religious leaders, then as now, were at the forefront of the crowd.