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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.

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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.

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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.

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Qatar, Philippines set up joint fund

The proposed Philippines-Qatar Joint Investment Fund includes projects in agriculture, energy, halal food, labour, mining, petrochemicals, real estate, steel, tourism, trade and infrastructure development.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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Iran bids farewell to the internet; welcomes its own Halal intranet

Iran’s answer to ‘criminality’ on the internet is not to fight criminality, but to block the internet. In the future, Iranians will have access to only the official national intranet and a whitelist of acceptable foreign sites.

Apr 10, 2012 | 0 comments View Post

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.

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Pakistan: Pak food brands set to make UAE foray

Leading Pakistan brands in frozen meat, edible oil and herbal products are set to launch their operations in the emirate that will boost food business between the two countries.

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Travel: Airborne prayers problem solved for tech-savvy Muslims

Launched earlier this month, the online tool takes data such as prayer times in the country of origin, the destination city and in countries on the flight path and uses an algorithm to plot exact prayer hours during a flight.

Apr 06, 2012 | 0 comments View Post

Malaysia: IP Bank To Store All Halal-related Intellectual Properties

The world’s first-of-its-kind Halal Intellectual Property (IP) Bank initiated by the Halal Industry Development Corp (HDC) has been formed to store all registered and licensed halal intellectual properties and ideas.

Apr 05, 2012 | 0 comments View Post

France: Halal market grows despite political polemics

Some French politicians have seized on the spread of halal food to win votes. Producers selling their wares at Paris’s annual Paris Halal Expo are much more convinced it will bring something else: profit.

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Malaysia: World Halal Forum 2012 – Cultivating a Universal Halal Lifestyle

Tan Sri Muhyiddin Hj Mohd Yassin, in his keynote address, praised the World Halal Forum for its efforts in emphasizing on a universal appeal on Halal principles and for leveraging on creative channels like the arts, media and entertainment in spreading good values.

Apr 05, 2012 | 0 comments View Post

More Chile companies seek halal certification

A GROWING number of companies from Chile are going for halal certification as they look to increase their exports to Asia, including Malaysia. There are currently 54 halal-certified export-oriented companies in Chile.

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Malaysia: Critical issues discussed during World Halal Council meeting at MIHAS 2012

The main issues discussed include the worldwide consumer’s concern about machine slaughter, gelatine and the Halal permissibility of cloned animals, as well as the use of sausage casings in some well-known brands.

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UAE: Halal Food ME aims to present regional market to international players

Aiming to tap into the $2.77 trillion international Halal food industry, Expo Centre Sharjah launched its new trade fair at the global hub of Halal food trade – Malaysia.

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Malaysia: RM340mil worth of deals done at Halal showcase

Over 300 foreign buyers from 52 countries participated in the business meetings with local companies. The buying mission at MIHAS was organised by the Malaysia External Trade Development Corporation (Matrade).

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