USA: Prison issues addressed at interfaith meeting in Dearborn Heights
Some concerns addressed at the meeting included Halal food, which is not provided in the prisons. Also a second article on Halal food in the Ohio prisons.
Category: G-20 News
Apr 20, 2012 | 0 comments
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UK: British Group creates int’l Halal certification programme
The Halal Authority Board (HAB) in the UK has designed what they say is a “realistic and practical” certification scheme that regulates the production of halal products.
Apr 17, 2012 | 3 comments
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EU: Some Germans Intolerant of Islamic Animal Slaughter
How Germans slaughter the animals they eat is strictly regulated, more than in most EU countries. Today Germans are intolerant of the Halal slaughter tradition of its four million Muslims.
Apr 17, 2012 | 0 comments
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UK: Worldwide Halal certification standard created
An eminent group of UK Halal scholars have created a new Shariah-compliant halal certification scheme for the food industry, which they hope will be adopted as a worldwide standard.
Apr 17, 2012 | 0 comments
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Tatarstan wishes to have closer ties with Indonesia
Tatarstan could become the entrance for Indonesian products to the central and eastern part of Russia while Indonesia could become the entrance for Tatarstani products in the ASEAN region.
Apr 16, 2012 | 0 comments
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Indonesia: PKS Rejects MUI’s Involvement in Halal Certification
The Prosperous Justice Party politician Ledia Hanifa said it was not appropriate for a Halal product regulators to be involved in the certification process.
Opinion: Muslims on Wall Street, Bridging Two Traditions
Young Muslims, one of the newest groups to make inroads in American finance, can face steep barriers to entry. Some obstacles are remnants of a less tolerant era. But prominent, too, are the limitations of Islam itself.
Apr 15, 2012 | 0 comments
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Living a Halal Lifestyle
A discourse by Ahmad Adam, CEO and Founder of Crescent Foods of Chicago. How many CEO’s of food manufacturers could deliver a discourse this? No wonder the chicken tastes good!
Apr 14, 2012 | 0 comments
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UK: New Modern Halal Certification Scheme Launches
Cert ID Europe has joined forces with the Hijaz Group to form the Halal Authority Board (HAB), which will offer a new worldwide benchmark for Halal certification for the food industry.
Saudis make Desert Sands into Solar Polysilicon
With this move, Saudi Arabia is slowly beginning to make some moves towards diversifying out of oil, which is its only real exportable commodity – and towards solar power and sand-based polysilicon.
Apr 12, 2012 | 0 comments
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UK: Multi-million pound Halal facility now open
Bombay Halwa has gone live with a dedicated, multi-million pound production facility for a ready meal range of curries called ‘Royal Halal’. Tesco, Sainsbury, Asda and Waitrose will all have these products in their Frozen Food section.
Apr 12, 2012 | 0 comments
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USA: Muslim Growth Is Good For Muslim Businesses, Marketing
With an estimated disposable income of between $107 billion and $124 billion, Muslim Americans are realizing they can use their size to influence the market. If a business offers halal food products, for example, Muslim consumers will pick that business over the others.
Apr 11, 2012 | 0 comments
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Saudi Arabia/Tourism: 2.5 million arrivals for business tourism
During their stay they spent over SR 7.7 bn. Also they made 741 domestic business trips during which they spent SR 876 million, said Eng. Tariq bin Abdul Rahman Al Essa, Director of Business Tourism Development Project at SCTA.
Apr 11, 2012 | 0 comments
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Travel: Praying on the plane
Making air travel more welcoming to Muslim travellers is a big deal: Muslims represent around $100 billion—around 10%—of global travel spending, according to AFP, and that figure is growing as majority-Muslim countries.
Apr 11, 2012 | 0 comments
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China: Traditional Muslim weddings with a twist
Mixed marriages, usually involving a Muslim man and Han Chinese woman, are on the rise in Beijing. Urban Muslims now have different wedding choices, but not all of them adhere to Islam.
Apr 11, 2012 | 0 comments
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Opinion: Making halal a legal reality in France
France is home to the largest Muslim community in the Western world. For several years now, France’s national standardisation body AFNOR has been working with other standardisation bodies in Europe to develop a European halal standard.
Apr 10, 2012 | 0 comments
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Saudi Arabia to Cultivate Two Million Acres in Sudan
Chairman of Jeddah Chamber of Commerce, Sheikh Saleh Kamel revealed that the Sudanese government agreed to establish a free zone to be given to Saudi Arabia for cultivation. The area will be close to Port Sudan, to transport products easily across the Red Sea.
EU: Officially Opened, WHFC Secretariat for Europe Regional
The World Halal Food Council (WHFC) officially opened their office for Europe Regional, and their Executive Committee for Europe is located in The Netherlands. This has been done to facilitate the coordination of the implementation of halal standards that have been stipulated together with MUI and WHFC in Europe.
Apr 07, 2012 | 0 comments
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