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Noun: hudud
  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 hudud laws varies among Muslim-majority countries";
    - hudood
Noun: Hudud
  1. (Islam) serious crimes committed by Muslims and punishable by punishments established in the Koran
    "Had crimes include apostasy from Islam and murder and theft and adultery"

Type of: crime, criminal offence [Brit, Cdn], criminal offense [US], Islamic law, law-breaking, sharia, sharia law, shariah, shariah law

Encyclopedia: Hudud