ABSTRACT

Diyya: Blood money; money paid to victims of the crime by the oender. Hudud: Crimes that are oenses against God, whose punishment is specied in the Qur’an and Sunnah.

Mubahith: A secret police unit in Saudi Arabia. Mutawa: Religious police unit in Saudi Arabia. Qisas: Crimes of physical assault and murder punishable by retaliation. Ta’zir: Oenses whose punishment is not xed by the Qur’an or Sunnah. SAVAMA (Sazman-e Ettela’at va Amniat-e Melli-e): Iranian secret police and intelligence service in Iran.