Definition of "hudood" []

• Islamic laws stating the limits ordained by Allah and including the deterrent punishments for serious crimes (noun)

WordNet. Princeton University. 2010.

• "Musharraf had recently called for a review of the blasphemy and the hudood laws."
• "Taliban, hudood punishments included public stoning, amputations and lashing."
• "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 punishments, known as hudood, as a concession to the Taliban in an attempt to end the war."