/ˈfætwɑː/, /ˈfætwɑ/, /ˈfɑt-/
- A formal legal decree, opinion, or ruling issued by a mufti or other Islamic judicial authority.
“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.”
- broadly, proscribedA 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.
- broadlyA formal decree or ruling, or statement, issued by an authority of a religion other than Islam.
- figuratively, informalAn emphatic decree or opinion, especially one which condemns or criticizes.
- rare, transitiveTo issue a fatwa (noun noun sense 1) against (someone); specifically (loosely, erroneous), a fatwa imposing a ban or a death sentence.
“Unlike many writers and artists, Chahine had not been fatwaed by the militants, but he felt threatened nevertheless.”
“One wonders why these terrorists are not fatwaed.”
“'I'm just beginning one,' says famously-fatwaed author of new novel [subtitle]”
Formsfatwas(plural) · fatawa(plural, rare) · fetwa(alternative) · fetwah(alternative) · fatwah(alternative) · futwa(alternative) · futwah(alternative) · fatwas(present, singular, third-person) · fatwaing(participle, present) · fatwaed(participle, past) · fatwaed(past) · fatwa'd(participle, past) · fatwa'd(past)
Source: Wiktionary