In fact, the word khati'ah is associated with some of the most heinous religious sins in the Quran.

In 2000, Cardinal Pengo hit out at homosexuality, saying it was one of the most heinous sins on earth.

Shedding the blood of charan was considered a heinous sin.

He argued that Vichitravirya's wives were like his daughters; having niyoga with them was a heinous sin, through which no good could come.

Skep came to be thought a kind of relaxation, and "sleeping on the job" a heinous sin.

Apparently the thought of her baby marrying a cousin had been a heinous sin in her eyes.

Surely she was about to reveal some heinous sin committed by the other side.

The grounds were abandonment, and the petition alleged all sorts of heinous sins.

A heinous sin as well as a political crime.

What Southern boy coming of age in the 1950's did not hear about that heinous sin?