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1.NounA formal legal decree, opinion, or ruling issued by a mufti or other Islamic judicial authority."The website contains fatwas on points of Islamic law that arise in court cases."
2.NounA formal legal decree, opinion, or ruling issued by a mufti or other Islamic judicial authority."The website contains fatwas on points of Islamic law that arise in court cases."
3.NounA decree issued by a mufti or other Islamic judicial authority that a person should be put to death, usually as punishment for committing apostasy or blasphemy.
4.NounA formal decree or ruling, or statement, issued by an authority of a religion other than Islam.
5.NounAn emphatic decree or opinion, especially one which condemns or criticizes.
6.VerbTo issue a fatwa (noun sense 1) against (someone); specifically , a fatwa imposing a ban or a death sentence.