The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word FATWA
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More clues leading to the result FATWA
- Ruling dripping with mendacity at heart
- Thick roll of banknotes curtailed religious judgment
- Overweight women given a death sentence
- Decree carrying a lot of weight with American
- Large wife served with a religious decree
- Judicial decision, mostly deadly when woman’s involved
- Female in conflict ignoring right judgment
- Religious ruling defended by chief at Walsingham
- Ayatollah’s given it a bit of a twang
- Substantial weight put on a religious ruling
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What does FATWA mean?
FATWA noun- A legal opinion, decree or ruling issued by a mufti or other Islamic lawyer.
- To make somebody the subject of a fatwa, especially a ban or death sentence.