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fatwa

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1. fatwa - Noun

2. fatwa - Verb

Meaning

a ruling on a point of Islamic law that is given by a recognized authority

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Also, "A believer has to help keeping security, that of his nation and community, and protecting his religion." citation This fatwa is vague and itself is in need of another explanatory fatwa. Source: Internet

Azzam issued a fatwa calling for jihad against the Soviet occupiers of Afghanistan, declaring it an individual obligation for all able bodied Muslims because it was a defensive jihad to repel invaders. Source: Internet

Bernard Lewis's comment on Rushdie fatwa in The Crisis of Islam (2003), Bernard Lewis, pp. 141–142 Though Rushdie publicly regretted "the distress that publication has occasioned to sincere followers of Islam", citation the fatwa was not revoked. Source: Internet

Bin Laden issued a fatwa (binding religious edict), citation which amounted to a public declaration of war against the US and its allies, and began to refocus al-Qaeda's resources on large-scale, propagandist strikes. Source: Internet

Battered by a fatwa and one femme fatale too many, Salman would have some understanding of this. Source: Internet

Here is an example of a fatwa: Muslims are expected to pray five times every day at specific times during the day. Source: Internet

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