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But an oversight panel of conservative mullahs and jurists is almost certain to disqualify most of them, leaving only a handful.

Now Mr. McCain's central role in that effort, which cleared the way for confirmation of some conservative jurists, is cited as one reason for lingering distrust of him among many conservatives.

A Spanish magistrate has paved the way for this kind of proceeding with his pursuit of Chile's former dictator, General Augusto Pinochet, who is still detained in Britain fighting his extradition to Spain.A UN-appointed team of jurists is due to recommend a way forward at the end of this month.

One, composed of senior jurists, is to propose changes to Egypt's constitution that will lift restrictions on who may run for president, the second is charged with pursuing the dialogue with opposition forces, and the third with investigating attacks on protesters by hired pro-Mubarak gangs.

Khaled Abou El Fadl, a professor at the University of California, Los Angeles, School of Law, said the majority opinion among Islamic jurists is that the law of apostasy can apply only to individuals who knowingly decide to be Muslims and later renege.

"The majoritarian position among pre-modern Muslim jurists is that Muslims who exercise magic should be put to death," Ibrahim added.

Others jurists are skeptical of the value of cameras.

Classical Islamic theologians and jurists were mostly concerned with stifling lustful immorality, he says.

Justice Scalia said the views of foreign jurists were irrelevant under the Constitution.

"The jurists are pretty unanimous that a woman cannot go on holy war".

The courts cannot cope, not least because so many jurists were murdered or fled the country in 1994.