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Islamic religious decree
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fatwa
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The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
fatwa \fat"wa\, fatwah \fat"wah\, n. Same as fetwah .
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A fatwā (; plural fatāwā ) in the Islamic faith is the term for the legal opinion or learned interpretation that the Sheikhul Islam , a qualified jurist or mufti , can give on issues pertaining to the Islamic law . The person who issues a fatwā is called, ...
Usage examples of fatwa.
The intra-religious disputes (Sunnis and Shi'a, for example) he planned to handle through a sweeping fatwa, or religious pronouncement of tolerancethat would look admirable even to his enemies.
In 1993, the supreme religious authority of Saudi Arabia, Sheik Abdel-Aziz Ibn Baaz, issued an edict, or fatwa, declaring that the world is flat.
These decrees, fatwas, were issued according to interpretations of Muslim Law which the Caliph, Mufti or Qazi 0udge) was empowered to give.