is study uses an anthropolinguistic approach to examine two Majelis Ulama Indonesia (MUI) fatwa texts regarding Ahmadiyya. First, it shows that there are signiícant differences between the 1980 and 2005 fatwas. Second, in terms of their lexicon, the 1980 fatwa uses the phrase “di luar Islam” (outside Islam), while the 2005 fatwa uses the phrase “berada di luar Islam” (loca…