Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun fatwah

1 sense of fatwah

Sense 1
fatwah -- ((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")
       => opinion, legal opinion, judgment, judgement -- (the legal document stating the reasons for a judicial decision; "opinions are usually written by a single judge")