Fatwa

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A legal opinion or ruling issued by an Islamic scholar.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A legal opinion, decree or ruling issued by a mufti or other Islamic lawyer.
  • v. To make somebody the subject of a fatwa, especially a ban or death sentence.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. Same as fetwah.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. a ruling on a point of Islamic law that is given by a recognized authority
  • Equivalent
    fatwah   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    ruling    opinion   
    Variant
    fetwah   
    Same Context
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