fatwa

3 definitions found

fatwa - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

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

  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]

fatwa - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  fatwa
      n 1: a ruling on a point of Islamic law that is given by a
           recognized authority