Fatwa definition

fätwä

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A legal opinion or ruling issued by an Islamic scholar.

noun

I think the fatwas on that website are totally unreliable.

noun

(islam) A religious and legal decree or edict issued by a council of religious leaders.

noun

(loosely) A death sentence imposed through, or as through, such a decree.

noun

(rare) To make somebody the subject of a fatwa, especially a ban or death sentence.

verb

Other Word Forms

Singular:

fatwa

Plural:

fatawa, fatwas

Arabic fatwā legal opinion ptw in Semitic roots

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
Arabic فتوى (fatwā), a formal legal opinion.

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