fatwa
法特瓦
Definitions
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- : an Islamic religious decree issued by the ʿulama.
Examples
As a consequence, many local leaders began urging people not to vaccinate their kids, various districts banned vaccination teams, and the Taliban issued a fatwa against vaccination programs.
Such communications are allowed only in cases of necessity, the fatwa says.
An earlier fatwa request from a teenage girl asked if she could chat with boys on social media.
Unfortunately, Grand Mufti Abdulaziz al-Sheikh and his colleagues who issued the fatwa against The 99 fit that description.
The president should confront Saudi leaders over the ludicrous fatwa against ‘The 99,’ a ground-breaking Muslim superhero comic.
His corpse, which was subsequently dumped in the Bosphorus, had a fatwa pinned to it.
The fatwa of a Muhammadan law officer should be dispensed with in such cases.