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n. - Islamic laws stating the limits ordained by Allah and including the deterrent punishments for serious crimes.

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  • Taliban, hudood punishments included public stoning, amputations and lashing.
  • Aur choonki behen Swati bhi aapke khatoot se intahaayi hudood tak mutaasir haiN to yaqeenan aap jo bhi keh rahe haiN ghalat to woh sab nahiN hi hoga.
  • The stoning came two days after Afghanistan's highest Islamic religious body, the Council of Ulema, called on the government to more strictly enforce physical shari'a...
  • Back in 1979, Zia ul-Haq — in an attempt to stir up zeal for the campaign in support of Afghanistan’s mujahideen — had enacted a raft of Islamist ordinances, or hudood,...
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