Definition of "fatwah" [fatwah]

• Alternative spelling of fatwa. (noun)
• Alternative spelling of fatwa. (verb)

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• "Paper tiger. while we're no religious scholars we know the fatwah is a muslim edict of sorts."
• "In my most recent link farm post, I posted a link to a story about Grand Ayatollah Ali Sistani calling a fatwah against homosexuals."
• "But, there's been a specific threat issued by Osama Bin Laden some months ago when he issued a fatwah, which is a religious sort of document committing, you know, his Islamic followers, or extremist Islamic followers to carry out attacks against the great Satan, i.e., the United States."