Definition of Fatwah

1. Noun. (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"

Generic synonyms: Judgement, Judgment, Legal Opinion, Opinion
Category relationships: Islam, Muslimism

Definition of Fatwah

1. Noun. (alternative spelling of fatwa) ¹

2. Verb. (alternative spelling of fatwa) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Fatwah

1. fatwa [v -ED, -ING, -S] - See also: fatwa

Lexicographical Neighbors of Fatwah

fatty oil
fatty renal capsule
fatty series
fatty stool
fatty streak
fatty tissue
fatuities
fatuitous
fatuity
fatuous
fatuously
fatuousness
fatuousnesses
fatwa
fatwaed
fatwah (current term)
fatwahed
fatwahing
fatwahs
fatwaing
fatware
fatwas
fatwood
fatwoods
faubourg
faubourgs
faucal
faucals
fauces
faucet

Literary usage of Fatwah

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Transactions and Annual Report by North Staffordshire Field Club (1892)
"... silk reeled at fatwah. 23. Four specimens of 1 metre each, of brocades, the ornamenta parts of Indian ..."

2. Wake Up! the Lord Is Returning by Alf Droy (2005)
"Perhaps a religious fatwah might be called against ‘Christian bigots, such as myself, leading into martyrdom, but regardless of any threats, personally I ..."

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