fatwa

fatwa Definition

fatwa (fät′wä)

noun

Islam a religious and legal decree or edict issued by a council of religious leaders
loosely a death sentence imposed through, or as through, such a decree

Etymology: Ar

fatwa Usage Examples

Preposition: that

Converse of object

issue: He denied earlier reports he had issued a fatwa, or formal religious edict.
give: Abu Muhammad ibn Abi Zayd gave a fatwa to kill a man who was listening to some people discussing what the Prophet looked like.
say: The son, however, denied this, saying the fatwa said only that citizens should refrain from looting.
read: Let us read the fatwa of Sheikh Haitham Al-Haddad, dated 5 June 2004 and published on the MAB website.
impose: Add to this their Islamic fatwa imposed on a British citizen, Salman Rushdie, then the full transnationality of the religion is illustrated.

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