Fatwa

//ˈfætwɑː//

"Fatwa" in a Sentence (7 examples)

The fatwa against Salman Rushdie leading to his stabbing is proof that words can indeed be violence.

The website contains fatwas on points of Islamic law that arise in court cases.

In 2015, one person was killed in Copenhagen at a meeting meant to mark the 25th anniversary of an Iranian fatwa against British writer Salman Rushdie, which Vilks attended.

Unlike many writers and artists, Chahine had not been fatwaed by the militants, but he felt threatened nevertheless.

One wonders why these terrorists are not fatwaed.

'I'm just beginning one,' says famously-fatwaed author of new novel [subtitle]

Ask Salman Rushdie. He was fatwaed for linking facts and fiction in ways that the mullahs say they should not be linked.

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