fatwa

美 ['fɑt,wɑ]
  • n. 法学家的裁决

中文词源


fatwa 法特瓦(伊斯兰法的裁决和敕令)

来自阿拉伯语,裁决,来自穆夫提下达的敕令,词源同mufti.

英文词源


fatwa (n.)
1620s, from Arabic fetwa "a decision given by a mufti," related to fata "to instruct by a legal decision." Popularized in English 1989 when Ayatollah Khomeini of Iran issued a ruling sentencing author Salman Rushdie to death for publishing "The Satanic Verses" (1988). This was lifted 1998.

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