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Warrant for Terror examines fatwas, which are legal opinions declaring whether a given act under Islam is obligatory, permitted, or forbidden and which serve as a major instrument by which religious leaders impel believers to engage in acts of jihad.

Terrorism --- Jihad. --- Fatwas. --- Fatāwá --- Fatwas --- Advisory opinions (Islamic law) --- Islamic law --- Holy war (Islam) --- Islamic holy war --- Jahad --- Jehad --- Muslim holy war --- War (Islamic law) --- Islam and terrorism --- Religious aspects --- Islam. --- Law and legislation --- Sources

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In this book, Omer Awass examines the formation, history, and transformation of the Islamic legal discourse and institutions through the lens of a particular legal practice: the issuance of fatwas (legal opinions). Tracing the growth of Islamic law over a vast geographical expanse -from Andalusia to India - and a long temporal span - from the 7th to the 21st century, he conceptualizes fatwas as the 'atomic units' of Islamic law. Awass argues that they have been a crucial element in the establishment of an Islamic legal tradition. He also provides numerous case studies that touch on economic, social, political, and religious topics. Written in an accessible style, this volume is the first to offer a comprehensive investigation of fatwas within such a broad spatio-temporal scope. It demonstrates how instrumental fatwas have been to the formation of Islamic legal traditions and institutions, as well as their unique forms of reasoning.

Fatwas --- Islamic law --- History. --- Interpretation and construction --- Civil law (Islamic law) --- Law, Arab --- Law, Islamic --- Law in the Qurʼan --- Sharia (Islamic law) --- Shariʻah (Islamic law) --- Law, Oriental --- Law, Semitic --- Fatāwá --- Advisory opinions (Islamic law) --- Law and legislation --- Sources

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Dhimmis --- Fatwas --- International law (Islamic law) --- Status (Islamic law) --- Islamic law --- Islamic international law --- Fatāwá --- Advisory opinions (Islamic law) --- Non-Muslims (Islamic law) --- Law and legislation --- Sources --- Fatwas. --- Dhimmis (Islamic law) --- Dhimmis (Islamic law). --- Status (Islamic law). --- International law (Islamic law).

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In How Muftis Think Lena Larsen explores fatwas that respond to questions asked by Muslim women in Western Europe in recent decades. The questions show women to be torn between two opposing notions of morality and norms: one stressing women’s duties and obedience, and one stressing women’s rights and equality before the law. Focusing on muftis who see “the time and place” as important considerations in fatwa-giving, and seek to develop a local European Islamic jurisprudence on these increasingly controversial issues, Larsen examines how they deal with women’s dilemmas. Careful not to suggest easy answers or happy endings, her discussion still holds out hope that European societies and Muslim minorities can recognize shared moral concerns.

Women (Islamic law) --- Muftis (Muslim officials) --- Fatwas --- Islamic law --- Uṣūl al-fiqh (Islamic law) --- Fatāwá --- Advisory opinions (Islamic law) --- Islam --- Women --- Interpretation and construction. --- Uṣūl al-Fiqh --- Law and legislation --- Sources --- Functionaries --- Legal status, laws, etc. (Islamic law)

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Fatwas. --- Muftis (Muslim officials) --- Islamic law --- Fatwas --- Muftis --- Droit islamique --- Interpretation and construction. --- Interprétation --- 297.15 --- Islam --- Fatāwá --- Advisory opinions (Islamic law) --- Civil law (Islamic law) --- Law, Arab --- Law, Islamic --- Law in the Qurʼan --- Sharia (Islamic law) --- Shariʻah (Islamic law) --- Law, Oriental --- Law, Semitic --- Islam: ethiek; religieuze wetten --- Functionaries --- Law and legislation --- Sources --- Muftis (Muslim officials). --- 297.15 Islam: ethiek; religieuze wetten --- Uṣūl al-fiqh (Islamic law) --- Uṣūl al-Fiqh --- Interprétation --- Interpretation and construction --- History --- Fatwåas - History. --- Islamic law - Interpretation and construction