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Definitions
a ruling on a point of Islamic law that is given by a recognized authority
Word origin
The noun is borrowed from Arabic فَتْوَى (fatwā, “formal legal opinion”), the verbal noun of أَفْتَى (ʔaftā, “to deliver a formal opinion”) (whence مُفْتٍ (muftin, “mufti”), the active participle of the same verb: see mufti).
Used in a sentence
“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.”
“Unlike many writers and artists, Chahine had not been fatwaed by the militants, but he felt threatened nevertheless.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
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