fiqh
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of fiqh
From Arabic
Example Sentences
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"Fiqh is not included in mainstream schools or universities. As a Muslim woman, studying Fiqh is vital for women's betterment," she says.
From BBC • Mar. 24, 2025
The Fiqh Council of North America, made up of Islamic scholars, has advised Muslims to receive the Pfizer or Moderna vaccines and to debunk “baseless rumors and myths” about them.
From Seattle Times • Sep. 17, 2021
Researchers for Quilliam managed to acquire a copy of the manual online in 2015, after researchers spotted the Fiqh al-Dima being used to teach new recruits to Isis’s caliphate in Syria.
From The Guardian • May 12, 2018
Fiqh literally means “understanding” — and its many different schools of thought illustrate that scholars knew they didn’t speak for God.
From Washington Post • Jun. 24, 2016
Gulf News in Dubai quoted Abdul Qahir Qamar of the International Islamic Fiqh Academy in Jedda, Saudi Arabia, as saying in-vitro meat "will not be considered meat from live animals, but will be cultured meat."
From Reuters • Aug. 9, 2013
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