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hudood

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Noun1.hudood - Islamic laws stating the limits ordained by Allah and including the deterrent punishments for serious crimes
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Islamic law, sharia, sharia law, shariah, shariah law - the code of law derived from the Koran and from the teachings and example of Mohammed; "sharia is only applicable to Muslims"; "under Islamic law there is no separation of church and state"


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For awhile now, the Hudood Ordinance (shariah law laying out the parameters within which women must operate) has been a matter of public debate in Pakistan.
As senate approves India nuclear deal, Chinese President visits ... by Ali, M.M. / Washington Report on Middle East Affairs
The bill aims to abolish discriminatory laws against women--including the custom whereby a woman who marries outside a tribe or clan can be killed by the family in the name of honor, and the Islamic Hudood ordinance that fails to separate rape from adultery.
Bill on women's rights by Gajewski, Karen Ann / The Humanist
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