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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. (Islam) a legal opinion or ruling issued by an Islamic scholar;
- Example: "bin Laden issued three fatwahs calling upon Muslims to take up arms against the United States"



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

fatwah
    n 1: (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"