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Noun: hudood
  1. (Islam) a category of serious crimes with fixed punishments prescribed in Islamic law and the Quran, including theft, adultery, and apostasy
    "The application of hudood laws varies among Muslim-majority countries";
    - hudud

Type of: Islamic law, sharia, sharia law, shariah, shariah law

Encyclopedia: Hudood