Fatwa
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A fatwa is a legal ruling on a point of Islamic law given by a qualified Islamic jurist in response to a question posed by a private individual, judge or government. A jurist issuing fatwas is called
Page from a compilation of fatwas from Safavid Persia, late 17th century
Ulugh Beg Madrasa, Samarkand (est. 1422)
Tobacco protest fatwa issued by Mirza Shirazi
Fatwa supporting the Ottoman proclamation of jihad in 1914, read by the Custodian Of The Fatwa (Fetva Emini)
September 11 attacks
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The September 11 attacks, colloquially known as 9/11, were a coordinated series of suicide attacks perpetrated by the Islamic terrorist organization al-Qaeda against the United States in 2001. A total
Fatwa
…eccentric individuals in recent times have sometimes given rise to complaints about a "chaos" in the modern practice of ifta. In the aftermath of the September 11, 2001, attacks, a group of Middle Eastern Islamic scholars issued a fatwa permitting Muslims serving in the U.S. army to participate in military action against Muslim…
WTC smoking on 9 11
FEMA 3969 Photograph by Andrea Booher taken on 09 19 2001 in New York
DN SD 03 11451
UA93 fuselage debris