When fatwas become instruments of resistance, by Dr. Sabiu Adamu FPCPharm  When a senior Shi'a scholar issues a fatwa in response to a political crisis, the question is not merely what the ruling says, but what it can set in motion. Across modern Shi'a history, there have been moments when religious authority moved beyond individual religious practice to address economic sovereignty, foreign domination, national defence and matters of profound public concern. The recent fatwa of Ayatollah Muhammad al-Yaqubi therefore deserves to be viewed against this longer historical tradition. Its significance...