What is a fatwa, as I heard it means death penalty?
The misconception here is that the word fatwa means death penalty. The actual Arabic meaning is ‘opinion’, and in the context it is used in Islam it becomes ‘legal opinion’. This means that a fatwa is nothing more than a point of view on someone’s actions from an Islamic perspective. This misconception arises from where people in Islam have issued a fatwa for someone’s death where in actual light of the Quran they would not be put to death. This means that this misconception has come by the actions of a few Muslims who have actually taken a step away from the teachings in the Quran.
