The term <em>Hudud</em> in Sharia (Islamic law) usually refers to the most serious criminal punishments.
For example, the punishment for apostasy, adultery and homosexuality is execution; thievery is punishable by having a hand severed and premarital sex is punishable by 100 lashings.
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