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  2. Fatwa - Wikipedia

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    The word fatwa comes from the Arabic root f-t-w, whose meanings include 'youth, newness, clarification, explanation'. [4] A number of terms related to fatwa derive from the same root. A jurist issuing fatwas is called a mufti. The person who asks for a fatwa is known as mustafti. The act of issuing fatwas is called iftāʾ.

  3. List of fatwas - Wikipedia

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    2021 fatwa against normalization with Israel, call for jihad (Mauritania) A fatwa signed by over 200 Mauritanian Muslim clerics called normalization with Israel 'A Betrayal Of Allah, His Messenger And The Muslims' and that jihad against Israel was a religious duty. [59] 2022 fatwa against homosexuality (South Africa)

  4. Fatwas of Osama bin Laden - Wikipedia

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    The fatwa calls upon each individual member of the existing Ummah to, "in accordance with the words of Almighty God, 'fight the pagans all together as they fight you all together,' and 'fight them until there is no more tumult or oppression, and there prevail justice and faith in God.'" The fatwa is widely regarded by terrorism experts as the ...

  5. What is a fatwa? Salman Rushdie's backstory moves ... - AOL

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    In simple terms, a fatwa is a decree from an Islamic religious leader. In Rushdie's case, Iran's Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini condemned “The Satanic Verses” as blasphemy in February 1989 and ...

  6. What is a fatwa and why did Iran issue one against Salman ...

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    It was only after the fatwa was lifted by Iran in 1998 that he was willing to be seen in public again What is a fatwa and why did Iran issue one against Salman Rushdie for The Satanic Verses in ...

  7. Mufti - Wikipedia

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    A mufti's fatwa is issued in response to a query. [8] Fatwas can range from a simple yes/no answer to a book-length treatise. [3] [5] A short fatwa may state a well-known point of law in response to a question from a lay person, while a "major" fatwa may give a judgment on an unprecedented case, detailing the legal reasoning behind the decision.

  8. Fatawa-e-Rashidiya - Wikipedia

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    Fatawa-e-Rashidiya is a collection of Islamic legal verdicts, or fatwas, written by the Indian scholar Rashid Ahmad Gangohi in the late 19th century. It contains over 2000 fatwas on various topics related to Islamic beliefs, practices, and customs, and played an important role in eradicating false innovations and un-Islamic customs from Muslim society.

  9. Moral Injury: The Grunts - The Huffington Post

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    Most people enter military service “with the fundamental sense that they are good people and that they are doing this for good purposes, on the side of freedom and country and God,” said Dr. Wayne Jonas, a military physician for 24 years and president and CEO of the Samueli Institute, a non-profit health research organization.