fatwa

noun

fat·wa ˈfət-wə

ˈfät-wä

: a legal opinion or decree handed down by an Islamic religious leader

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In August 2022, about 33 years after the fatwa, Rushdie was stabbed on stage during a lecture in New York, which left him blind in one eye and affected the use of one of his hands. —

Reuters, NBC News, 8 Nov. 2024 In October 2003, the Iranian supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, announced a fatwa, or ruling, declaring the possession of nuclear weapons to be haram, or prohibited by Islam. —

Carol E. B. Choksy, Foreign Affairs, 14 Oct. 2024 Khamenei issued a fatwa against nuclear weapons in 2003. —

Dan De Luce, NBC News, 8 Oct. 2024 The late Iranian leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, who blasted the book as an insult to Islam and Prophet Mohammed, issued a religious decree, or fatwa, calling for Rushdie’s death in 1989. —

Jessica Schladebeck, New York Daily News, 24 July 2024 See all Example Sentences for fatwa