Talk:List of well-known fatwas

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[edit] Category:Freedom of Expression?

Andjam and I seem to have a disagreement about whether "List of famous fatwas" should fall into Category:Freedom of Expression.

I'll try to articulate my opinion here fairly succinctly and clearly -- I'm not really torn up about it, so if you're unconvinced and still want to add it after reading this, I won't stop you.

Here are my thoughts: A fatwa is just a legal pronouncement, and isn't inherently about limiting freedom of expression. By this reasoning, a Pope's edict should also fall in the same category.

Let me be clear, though. I *absolutely* think that Salman Rushdie's fatwa belongs in Category:Freedom of expression, as do Fatwas like his. But to group all fatwas into this category seems to be overgeneralizing in my mind.

wdaher 06:00, 10 November 2005 (UTC)

Fatwas, in general, don't neccessarily have anything to do with freedom of expression, except that issuing a fatwa is an exercise of free speech. But this is not an article on fatwas, but on specific instances of fatwas, many of which relate to freedom of expression. I hope I'm not splitting hairs here... Andjam 09:15, 10 November 2005 (UTC)
Alright, I suppose I am convinced -- certainly , the fatwas currently listed there are mostly about limiting freedom of expression. wdaher 22:22, 11 November 2005 (UTC)


[edit] Fataawa

Shouldn't this page be titled "List of well known Fatawa", which is the plural of Fatwa? - Matthew238 22:52, 1 December 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Fatwas against Fatwas promoting violence

Is this a fatwa against fatwas promoting violence, or just criticism by a Muslim of a fatwa promoting violence? Andjam 10:53, 20 July 2006 (UTC)

Unless someone provides a citation from a reliable source that there was a fatwa against fatwas promoting violence to do with the Danish cartoons, that literally uses the words fatwa against fatwas, I'll treat this as original research. Andjam 23:40, 16 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] How to classify unusual (IMHO) fatwas ?

I read the IHT about two rather unusual fatwas, "Breastfeeding fatwa" (see also Reuters) and a "Urine Fatwa". Personally I feel human breastmilk is too sweet and I'm not into "watersports" but hey thats life. That is an aside though the question is,

  • are they well-known enough ? Is publication in multiple reliable sources in western press enough ?
  • how do we classify these ?

Keep them coming. Ttiotsw 01:58, 13 June 2007 (UTC)