Arabeyes: The Power of Fatwas · Global Voices
Amira Al Hussaini

The stir caused by a fatwa or legal opinion by an Islamic scholar, which allows women to breast feed their male colleagues doesn't seem to want to die down. Two unconnected Arab bloggers ganged up this week to express their disgust with such fatwas.
Bahraini blogger emoodz doesn't mince his words
 when he spells out his anger at the level of backwardness Arabs and Muslims have delved to because of what he says are pre-Islamic practices, sectarianism, intellectual bankruptcy and moral decay. He explains his views as follows:
Moroccan blogger Al Hashara Al Maghrebia , which translates to the Moroccan Insect, too has had it with fatwas.