qazf
English edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Arabic قَذْف (qaḏf)
Noun edit
qazf (uncountable)
- (Islam) False accusation of adultery (zina).
- 1984, Keith Hodkinson, Muslim Family Law: A Sourcebook:
- It may amount to qazf to impute zina to a deceased person...
- 1985, International Centre for Ethnic Studies, Ethnic Studies Report:
- Nor has one heard of anyone being flogged for qazf under this Ordinance.
- 1992, Asia Watch Committee, Double Jeopardy: Police Abuse of Women in Pakistan:
- The maximum punishment for Qazf is 80 lashes and must be proven by the testimony of two pious Muslim male witnesses, except when the accused is non-Muslim.