Iran’s Fatwa Against Trump a Declaration of War

Iran’s Fatwa Against Trump a Declaration of War

Iran's Grand Ayatollah Naser Makarem Shirazi declared a fatwa against President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on June 29. A fatwa is a religious decree on a matter of Islamic law that is issued by a senior Islamic jurist. Shirazi holds the rank of a Marja'a-e Taqlid, the highest level of the Iranian Shiite Twelver clergy, meaning one whose theological scholarship has earned him the right to be followed and emulated b…