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fat⋅wa

  [faht-wah]
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–noun
an Islamic religious decree issued by the ʿulama.
Origin:
1985–90; < Ar fatwā
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fat·wa   (fät'wä')   
n.  A legal opinion or ruling issued by an Islamic scholar.

[Arabic fatwā, legal opinion; see ptw in Semitic roots.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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fatwa 
1625, from Arabic fetwa "a decision given by a mufti," related to fata "to instruct by a legal decision." Popularized 1989 when Ayatollah Khomeini of Iran issued a ruling sentencing author Salman Rushdie to death for publishing "The Satanic Verses" (1988). It was lifted 1998.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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