As a former academic lawyer, I've been enjoying reading various fatwas and religious rulings over the last few months. |
In a worst case scenario, Shiite judges could use this paragraph to allow the Grand Ayatollah's fatwas to over-rule secular legislation. |
The Arab world exploded with fatwas against the illustrator, who continues to face death threats. |
Back then, Sunnis obeyed fatwas by clerics to boycott the vote. |
However, a hukm can only be issued by the hakim and it is to be observed by other jursiprudents and their followers, and even supersedes their own fatwas. |
True or false, Asra q. Nomani writes, fatwas have become ridiculous. |