Just had someone say they are going to have a Fatwa put on me . What the hell does that mean? Do I need to report it or something?

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• PM_ME_VINTAGE_30S@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  From Wikipedia:

  A fatwa is a legal ruling on a point of Islamic law (sharia) given by a qualified Islamic jurist (faqih) in response to a question posed by a private individual, judge or government.

  So unless you live in a country that runs on Sharia law and have your real information connected to your account, you can safely ignore it.

  You could report the poster for being mean if it goes against that community’s or instance’s rules. Up to you. But I think someone’s just being a troll.

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  • m0darn@lemmy.ca ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I just want to point out that saying things to people with the intent of making them fear for their life, is probably a crime.

    If OP is worried for real, maybe a retraining order is possible.

    Not because a religious judgement really means anything violent (or even specific) but because there is someone trying to intimidate OP.

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  • SnokenKeekaGuard@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Anyone can call themselves an imam and give out a fatwah so long as they have people willing to listen. Its not like its an arrest warrant or smth, no legitimate party runs this.

    i hadn’t realized it was online tho. By reporting I thought op meant to the pigs.

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  • Don_Dickle@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I am currently in the states so I should be safe. Thanks for the info.

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• SloppyPuppy@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Colloquially it means “your blood is free” to other people. It gives islamic religious lunatics a reason to kill you. If you are somewhat of a known person you should be worried. In a regular legal system (as in not in an islamic sharia law place) this can pass as a threat and legal action should be taken against the one who said it to you.

  What im saying is the popular street meaning of this and thus it shouldnt be taken lightly. It a threat. Theologically it just means some religious legal entity ruled against you in your absence.

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• skeezix@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  It means some religious nut job is going to tell other religious nut jobs to hurt you.

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  • Don_Dickle@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Well I got another contract to go to in CA so I am not really worried about it after reading up on it. I think I am safe unless someone is stalking me. It is just a very weird thing to be told.

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    • Anticorp@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      See? Why would you expose where you’re going when you potentially have an extremist stalker?

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• Crackhappy@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Kind of a weird thing to say, it’s a ruling on a point of islamic law…

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• friend_of_satan@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Some reference material: en.m.wikipedia.org/…/Stabbing_of_Salman_Rushdie

  the Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini issued a fatwa calling for his assassination

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  • adespoton@lemmy.ca ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    That bit of history is generally where the misuse of the term entered the western world.

    The issued fatwa was an interpretation of law that concluded his assassination was legal and even expected punishment under the law. But the phrase then came to be used in the west when Islamic religious law prompted anyone to take an illegal/extremist action in the west.

    It would be like a southern baptist pastor calling for a lynching or the electric chair on moral grounds.

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    • pmk@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      It seems likely that the person who told OP meant it in the misused way, which makes the intent to intimidate clear.

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    • NeoNachtwaechter@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Could you explain why you think that is misuse of the word?

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• BackOnMyBS@lemmy.autism.place ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Question: What did you do that resulted in someone saying that to you, OP?

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  • Don_Dickle@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    No clue just random message appeared in my inbox.

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    • BackOnMyBS@lemmy.autism.place ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      creepy 😬

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    • Anticorp@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Report and block.

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• Duamerthrax@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fatwa

  If they don’t have your name, address or picture, just ignore it, but depending on where the Fatwa came from, should be considered a physical threat.

  npr.org/…/salman-rushdie-loses-eye-hand-stabbing

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  • Don_Dickle@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I am currently reading the Fatwa wiki. And it seems like it has gotten distorted from what it was origanally suppose to be. So I am taking it with a grain of salt. Also in two weeks I move again so have fun tracking me lol.

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• eran_morad@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Probably some degenerate talking a big game. Might want to take it more seriously, as a threat, depending on context.

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• HubertManne@moist.catsweat.com ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  the same as them saying you will be excommunicated. or that they will hang you for high treason. essentially its total bullshit as they likely do not have the authority to do what they are saying.

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• PapaStevesy@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

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  • TTimo@lemm.ee ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I lol’ed

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• pineapplelover@lemm.ee ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Larry David? Is that you?

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