The fatwa against Salman Rushdie leading to his stabbing is proof that words can indeed be violence.
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Fatwa
//ˈfætwɑː//
Synonyms for "fatwa"
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Translations
60 translations across 44 languages.
Afrikaans
1 entries- fatwa noun (formal ruling issued by an Islamic judicial authority)
Albanian
1 entries- fetva noun (formal ruling issued by an Islamic judicial authority)
Arabic
1 entries- فَتْوَى noun (formal ruling issued by an Islamic judicial authority)
Azerbaijani
1 entries- fitva noun (formal ruling issued by an Islamic judicial authority)
Bashkir
1 entries- фәтүә noun (formal ruling issued by an Islamic judicial authority)
Bengali
1 entries- ফতোয়া noun (formal ruling issued by an Islamic judicial authority)
Central Kurdish
1 entries- فەتوا noun (formal ruling issued by an Islamic judicial authority)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 法特瓦 noun (formal ruling issued by an Islamic judicial authority)
Czech
1 entries- fatva noun (formal ruling issued by an Islamic judicial authority)
Danish
1 entries- fatwa noun (formal ruling issued by an Islamic judicial authority)
Dutch
1 entries- fatwa noun (formal ruling issued by an Islamic judicial authority)
Estonian
1 entries- fatvaa noun (formal ruling issued by an Islamic judicial authority)
Finnish
4 entries- fatwa noun (formal ruling issued by an Islamic judicial authority)
- fatwa noun (loosely: similar ruling issued by an authority of a religion other than Islam)
- antaa fatwa verb (to issue a fatwa against (someone))
- julistaa fatwa verb (to issue a fatwa against (someone))
French
1 entries- fatwa noun (formal ruling issued by an Islamic judicial authority)
German
1 entries- Fatwa noun (formal ruling issued by an Islamic judicial authority)
Greek
3 entries- φάτουα noun (formal ruling issued by an Islamic judicial authority)
- φετβάς noun (formal ruling issued by an Islamic judicial authority)
- φετφάς noun (formal ruling issued by an Islamic judicial authority)
Hebrew
2 entries- פַתְוָה noun (formal ruling issued by an Islamic judicial authority)
- פתווה noun (formal ruling issued by an Islamic judicial authority)
Hindi
2 entries- फतवा noun (formal ruling issued by an Islamic judicial authority)
- फ़तवा noun (formal ruling issued by an Islamic judicial authority)
Hungarian
1 entries- fetva noun (formal ruling issued by an Islamic judicial authority)
Indonesian
1 entries- fatwa noun (formal ruling issued by an Islamic judicial authority)
Iranian Persian
1 entries- فَتْوا noun (formal ruling issued by an Islamic judicial authority)
Italian
1 entries- fatwa noun (formal ruling issued by an Islamic judicial authority)
Japanese
1 entries- ファトワー noun (formal ruling issued by an Islamic judicial authority)
Kazakh
1 entries- пәтуа noun (formal ruling issued by an Islamic judicial authority)
Korean
1 entries- 파트와 noun (formal ruling issued by an Islamic judicial authority)
Kumyk
1 entries- патва noun (formal ruling issued by an Islamic judicial authority)
Kyrgyz
1 entries- фатва noun (formal ruling issued by an Islamic judicial authority)
Macedonian
1 entries- фа́тва noun (formal ruling issued by an Islamic judicial authority)
Malay
2 entries- fatwa noun (formal ruling issued by an Islamic judicial authority)
- petua noun (formal ruling issued by an Islamic judicial authority)
Marathi
1 entries- फतवा noun (formal ruling issued by an Islamic judicial authority)
Ottoman Turkish
1 entries- فتوی noun (formal ruling issued by an Islamic judicial authority)
Pashto
1 entries- فتوى noun (formal ruling issued by an Islamic judicial authority)
Polish
1 entries- fatwa noun (formal ruling issued by an Islamic judicial authority)
Portuguese
1 entries- fátua noun (formal ruling issued by an Islamic judicial authority)
Russian
4 entries- фа́тва noun (formal ruling issued by an Islamic judicial authority)
- фатва́ noun (formal ruling issued by an Islamic judicial authority)
- фе́тва noun (formal ruling issued by an Islamic judicial authority)
- фетва́ noun (formal ruling issued by an Islamic judicial authority)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- fȁtva noun (formal ruling issued by an Islamic judicial authority)
- fȅtva noun (formal ruling issued by an Islamic judicial authority)
- фа̏тва noun (formal ruling issued by an Islamic judicial authority)
- фе̏тва noun (formal ruling issued by an Islamic judicial authority)
Spanish
3 entries- fatua noun (formal ruling issued by an Islamic judicial authority)
- fatwa noun (formal ruling issued by an Islamic judicial authority)
- fetua noun (formal ruling issued by an Islamic judicial authority)
Swedish
1 entries- fatwa noun (formal ruling issued by an Islamic judicial authority)
Tajik
1 entries- фатво noun (formal ruling issued by an Islamic judicial authority)
Tatar
1 entries- фәтва noun (formal ruling issued by an Islamic judicial authority)
Turkish
1 entries- fetva noun (formal ruling issued by an Islamic judicial authority)
Urdu
1 entries- فَتْویٰ noun (formal ruling issued by an Islamic judicial authority)
Uyghur
1 entries- پەتىۋا noun (formal ruling issued by an Islamic judicial authority)
Uzbek
1 entries- fatvo noun (formal ruling issued by an Islamic judicial authority)
Sample sentences
7 total sentences available.
The website contains fatwas on points of Islamic law that arise in court cases.
Source: wiktionary
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.
Source: wiktionary
Unlike many writers and artists, Chahine had not been fatwaed by the militants, but he felt threatened nevertheless.
Source: wiktionary
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