FATWAH

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does fatwah mean? 

• FATWAH (noun)
  The noun FATWAH has 1 sense:

1. (Islam) a legal opinion or ruling issued by an Islamic scholar

  Familiarity information: FATWAH used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• FATWAH (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

(Islam) a legal opinion or ruling issued by an Islamic scholar

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Context example:

bin Laden issued three fatwahs calling upon Muslims to take up arms against the United States

Hypernyms ("fatwah" is a kind of...):

judgement; judgment; legal opinion; opinion (the legal document stating the reasons for a judicial decision)

Domain category:

Islam; Muslimism (the civilization of Muslims collectively which is governed by the Muslim religion)