"fatwa" not listed in Oxford English Dictionary

[Joel S. Berson]

At 9/18/2012 12:29 PM, Cohen, Gerald Leonard wrote:
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>In OED3 one finds "fetwa" but not "fatwa."

There are, however, five quotations that emply
the spelling "fatwa", from 1991 to 2003.

Joel

>A bit of revising is in order here, since not
>everyone would think of looking under "fetwa."
>For easy access I present the OED entry below.
>
>Gerald Cohen
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>[OED3]:
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>FETWA, n.
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>Pronunciation:  /ˈfɛtwə/
>Forms:  16­18 fetfa, 17 fetva, 18 fethwa, fetwa.
>Etymology:  < Arabic fetwa (pronounced by the
>Turks fetfa ), < fatā , in 4th conj. to
>instruct by a legal decision (present participle muftī mufti n.1).
>
>     A decision given (usually in writing) by a
> Mufti or other Muslim juridical authority.
>
>1625   S. Purchas Pilgrimes II. ix.
>1608   Fetfa's that is, Declarations, or Iudgements of the Muftee.
>1704   J. Trapp Abra-Mulév. i. 2000   In less
>than half an hour, The black deposing Fetfa will be sign'd.
>1803   F. W. Blagdon Paris as it Was II. lxviii.
>334   A fetfa or diploma of the Grand Signior.
>1836   E. W. Lane Acct. Manners & Customs Mod.
>Egyptians I. iv. 134   The Na’ib..desires the
>plaintiff to procure a fet’wa (or judicial decision) from the Moof’tee.
>ee.
>1882   Times 5 Apr. 9/4   The fetwa from the
>great Mahomedan Academy will be awaited with curiosity.
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