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Qadi vs Qari - What's the difference?

qadi | qari |

As nouns the difference between qadi and qari

is that qadi is (islam|legal) a civil judge in certain islamic countries while qari is (islam) one who recites the qur'an according to the tajwid, or proper rules of recitation.

qadi

English

(wikipedia qadi)

Alternative forms

* cadi * kadi * Kazi * qazi

Noun

(en noun)
  • (Islam, legal) A civil judge in certain Islamic countries.
  • * {{quote-book, year=1907, author=Various, title=The Olive Fairy Book, chapter=, edition= citation
  • , passage=To this the Jew agreed, and the two went together to the great hall, in which the kadi was administering justice. }}
  • * 1985 , Yasmin Hussain, Sharon Siddique, Ahmad Ibrahim, Readings on Islam in Southeast Asia :
  • legal treatises dealing with the subject usually spoke of the appointment to office of a qadi [...].
  • * 1990 , (Peter Hopkirk), The Great Game , Folio Society 2010, p. 74:
  • The Qazi , his spiritual adviser, had recommended that the Russian be taken out into the desert and buried alive [...].
  • * 2011 , Jill Hamilton, The Guardian , 22 Jul 2011:
  • While sharia law for divorce in many Muslim countries has been modified by governments, in Israel reform was initiated by qadis .

    qari

    English

    (wikipedia qari)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (Islam) One who recites the Qur'an according to the tajwid, or proper rules of recitation.
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