Definitions for fatwa

fatwa fat·wa

Spelling: [faht-wah]
IPA: /ˈfɑt wɑ/

Fatwa is a 5 letter English word. It's valid Words with friends word worth 11 points.

You can make 33 anagrams from letters in fatwa (aaftw).

Definitions for fatwa

noun

  1. an Islamic religious decree issued by the ʿulama.

Origin of fatwa

First recorded in 1985-90, fatwa is from the Arabic word fatwā

Examples for fatwa

Unfortunately, Grand Mufti Abdulaziz al-Sheikh and his colleagues who issued the fatwa against The 99 fit that description.

The fatwa of a Muhammadan law officer should be dispensed with in such cases.

Such communications are allowed only in cases of necessity, the fatwa says.

Meanwhile, violence erupted around the world because of the fatwa.

In an interview, the artist says Tehran is instigating outrage—and he fears a fatwa.

And by fatwa I mean a big bucket of period blood on his head.

According to the Iranian government, the failure of the fatwa against Salman Rushdie.

Some have even suggested a fatwa should be placed on him while others have threatened they would be “glad to cut your neck off”.

His corpse, which was subsequently dumped in the Bosphorus, had a fatwa pinned to it.

In fact, nowadays, you can get a fatwa to validate any point you want to make.

Word Value for fatwa
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