fatwa
an Islamic religious decree issued by the ʿulama.
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As a consequence, many local leaders began urging people not to vaccinate their kids, various districts banned vaccination teams, and the Taliban issued a fatwa against vaccination programs.
How the CIA’s fake vaccine program in Pakistan helped fuel the anti-vax movement | Hala Iqbal | February 1, 2021 | VoxSuch communications are allowed only in cases of necessity, the fatwa says.
Egypt’s Fatwa Against Tinder: Clerics Ban Online Chatting | Nina Strochlic | September 3, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTAn earlier fatwa request from a teenage girl asked if she could chat with boys on social media.
Egypt’s Fatwa Against Tinder: Clerics Ban Online Chatting | Nina Strochlic | September 3, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTUnfortunately, Grand Mufti Abdulaziz al-Sheikh and his colleagues who issued the fatwa against The 99 fit that description.
The president should confront Saudi leaders over the ludicrous fatwa against ‘The 99,’ a ground-breaking Muslim superhero comic.
His corpse, which was subsequently dumped in the Bosphorus, had a fatwa pinned to it.
Poet and Rake, Lord Byron Was Also an Interventionist With Brains and Savvy | Michael Weiss | February 16, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe fatwa of a Muhammadan law officer should be dispensed with in such cases.
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British Dictionary definitions for fatwa
fatwah
/ (ˈfætwɑː) /
a non-binding judgment on a point of Islamic law given by a recognized religious authority
Origin of fatwa
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