fatwa

fat·wa

 (fät′wä′)

n.

A legal opinion or ruling issued by an Islamic scholar.

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[Arabic fatwā, legal opinion; see ptw in Semitic roots.]

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fatwa

(ˈfætwɑː) or

fatwah

n

(Islam) a non-binding judgment on a point of Islamic law given by a recognized religious authority

[Arabic]

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fat•wa

(ˈfɑt wɑ)
n.

an Islamic religious decree issued by the ‘ulama.

[1985–90; < Arabic fatwā]

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Fatwa

1989 The death sentence pronounced by a fundamentalist Iranian leader on the British writer Salman Rushdie for his novel The Satanic Verses, deemed blasphemous by devout Muslims.

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Thesaurus

Noun

1.

fatwa - a ruling on a point of Islamic law that is given by a recognized authority ruling, opinion - the reason for a court's judgment (as opposed to the decision itself) Islamic law, sharia, sharia law, shariah, shariah law - the code of law derived from the Koran and from the teachings and example of Mohammed; "sharia is only applicable to Muslims"; "under Islamic law there is no separation of church and state"

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Translations

فتوى

Fatwa

fatua

fatwa

fatwa

[ˈfætwə] N → fatwa f

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fatwa

fatwah [ˈfætwɑː] n → fatwa f

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