fatwa

• 'Death Workmanship' amounted to a fatwa, that is, a religious decree, ordering the launch of jihad against the Saudi royal family. —  Signs of the Times
• The years following the fatwa were also a damaging and sometimes lethal period for many of those associated with The Satanic Verses, few of whom had any protection. —  The Guardian World News
• This was the first time that most people outside the Muslim world had heard the word fatwa, or religious edict. —  Lincoln vs Cadillac
• The same happened to Rushdie, with some people saying that the demonstrations in India, Pakistan and Britain which had preceded the fatwa were a deliberate campaign to put the novel in the spotlight. —  signandsight.com
• The Media Line's analysts say the fatwa is a convenient excuse for the president not to attend the summit so as not to put himself at risk, and without it seeming he is capitulating to the ICC. —  News from TheMediaLine.org.

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