Fatwa

A Fatwa is a legal pronouncement in Islam, issued by a religious law specialist, on a specific issue, usually at the request of an individual or a judge to settle a question where fiqh, "Islamic jurisprudence", is unclear.

how are competing fatwas understood?

External Links on fatwas delivering death threats:

• [The Rushdie death threat affair]
• [Singer Cat Stevens promotes killing Rushdie]
• [Moderate Muslim proponent receives death threat]
• [Muslim woman author under Islamic death threat for "blasphemy"]
• [More on Muslim woman author under Islamic death threat for "blasphemy"]
• [Former Islamic cleric under death threat for leaving Islam]