"fatwa" not listed in Oxford English Dictionary

[Victor Steinbok]

Looks like our posts crossed, while I was replying to your other message.

     VS-)

On 9/18/2012 2:23 PM, Joel S. Berson wrote:
> 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

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