hudud
Noun
Meaning
Islamic laws stating the limits ordained by Allah and including the deterrent punishments for serious crimes
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Heroes or heretics: Religious dissidents under Islamic law, Wis. Int'l Law Journal, 14, 349-445 It is a hudud crime, Mansour, A. A. (1982).
UAE incorporates hudud crimes of Sharia into its Penal Code - apostasy being one of them.