| Muslim decree |
| Mufti issuance |
| Mufti's decree |
| Mufti's ruling |
| Mullah's edict |
| Islamic ruling |
| Islamic decree |
| Islamic opinion |
| Muslim's decree |
| Mullah's decree |
| Ayatollah's ruling |
| Ayatollah's decree |
| Islamic declaration |
| Muslim cleric's ruling |
| Islamic religious decree |
| Ruling on a point of Islamic law |
| Formal ruling on a point of Islamic law |
| Muslim decree or formal legal judgement |
| Decree proclaimed against Salman Rushdie |
| Formal issuance from the Sheikh ul-Islam |
| Religious decree issued by a Muslim leader |
| One was issued against Salman Rushdie in 1988 |