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Noun: fatwah  fat-wu or fat-waa
  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"

Derived forms: fatwahs

Type of: judgement, judgment, legal opinion, opinion

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