fatwa

IPA: fˈɑtwɑ

(Islam) A legal opinion, decree or ruling issued by a mufti or other Islamic lawyer.

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

Examples of "fatwa" in Sentences

This fatwa is an absolute condemnation of terrorism.
A "fatwa" is simply a considered opinion of a Muslim jurisconsult.
I think the use of the expression "fatwa" is insensitive, rude and unnecessary.
This was the first time that most people outside the Muslim world had heard the word fatwa, or religious edict.
In Sunni Islam any fatwa is non-binding, whereas in Shia Islam it could be, depending on the status of the scholar.
According to Khan, a fatwa is a response given in writing to a specific question, and can only be given by a qualified scholar, or 'mufti.'
Sheik Omar Bakri Muhammad, judge of the Shari'ah Court of the UK said The fatwa is to express the Islamic point of view that those who are insulting to Allah and the messengers of God, they must understand it is a crime.
In February 1998, the 40-year-old Saudi exile Usama Bin Ladin and a fugitive Egyptian physician, Ayman al Zawahiri, arranged from their Afghan headquarters for an Arabic newspaper in London to publish what they termed a fatwa issued in the name of a "World Islamic Front."