Meaning of fatwa | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A formal legal decree, opinion, or ruling issued by a mufti or other Islamic judicial authority.
2. A decree issued by a mufti or other Islamic judicial authority that a person should be put to death, usually as punishment for committing apostasy or blasphemy.
   broadly, proscribed
3. A formal decree or ruling, or statement, issued by an authority of a religion other than Islam.
   broadly
4. An emphatic decree or opinion, especially one which condemns or criticizes.
   figuratively, informal

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Examples

“The website contains fatwas on points of Islamic law that arise in court cases.”

“In 2015, one person was killed in Copenhagen at a meeting meant to mark the 25th anniversary of an Iranian fatwa against British writer Salman Rushdie, which Vilks attended.”

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