fatwah

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

fatwah
    n 1: (Islam) a legal opinion or ruling issued by an Islamic
         scholar; "bin Laden issued three fatwahs calling upon
         Muslims to take up arms against the United States"

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

fatwa \fat"wa\, fatwah \fat"wah\, n.
   Same as {fetwah}.
   [PJC]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Fetwah \Fet"wah\, n. [Ar.]
   A written decision of a Turkish mufti some point of law; also
   applied to opinions by certain other Islamic religious
   authorities on points of Islamic law, such as in Iran. [Also
   spelled {fatwah} and {fatwa}.] --Whitworth.
   [1913 Webster +PJC]

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