The Indonesian Ulemma Council has taken it a step further, announcing the possibility of a fatwa (non-legally binding religious edict) on Muslims who attend LGBT events.
His dictatorial edict has set back that cause.
Furthermore, although fatwas are in theory binding on all Muslims, the force of any individual edict largely boils down to the degree of esteem in which the faithful hold the scholar who issues it.
The supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, whose 2005 edict banning nuclear weapons is regarded as binding in Iran, told a group of visitors to his home in Tehran, the capital, that his country favored the worldwide elimination of nuclear weapons.
His position was improved by the fact that during 379 the followers of the Nicene Creed gained ground, whereupon Theodosius on February 28, 380, without consulting the ecclesiastical authorities, issued an edict prescribing a creed that was to be binding on all subjects.
Iran A religious decree issued by Iran's supreme leader banning nuclear weapons is binding for the Iranian government, the Foreign Ministry said today, suggesting that the edict should end the debate over whether Tehran is pursuing atomic arms.
Security detail enforces edict.
The edict was largely ignored.
Not everyone followed the night's edict.
Edict of Toleration, German Toleranzpatent, (Oct.
