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.
- 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.
