Category: Editorial
Australia: Federal government plan to regulate halal certification
Food manufacturers selling on the domestic market would have the choice of obtaining halal certification from a religious body or being able to make a similar claim themselves.
Opinion: The Halal food challenge in the Middle East
A challenge for the industry is to not make halal certification overly complicated. For instance, ensuring the whole logistics chain is halal.
Opinion: Austria’s Islamic Reforms
The reforms follow years of lobbying by Muslim leaders, who argued that their people have effectively remained second-class citizens.
Opinion: Is halal only a religious product?
Today, in the bigger picture: Muslims do not control or own of the halal food supply chain, hence, integrity issues have been slowly cropping at all the streams.
Rise of the digital Islamic economy
The digital Islamic economy is set double to USD 30 billion by 2018 on the back on rising consumer spending on sharia-compliant services in the Middle East.
WHS 2015 opens the door on Halal 3.0
At WHS 2015 will showcase, explore, discuss and probably argue about the opportunities and challenges that the digital world presents to the Halal market players and workers.
Halal for Everyone? Better think again!
New research shows a massive 92% of non-Muslims are negatively affected towards Halal by news stories such as Charlie Hebdo or ISIS. There seems to be a direct link in most people’s minds between these atrocities, and eating or purchasing Halal food.
WHS 2015 Opens up New Narrative for Halal Market Ecosystem
The four specialist Forums at the World Halal Summit cover a wide range of topics for Certifiers, Business, Scholars and Academics. The full range of topics, speakers and panellists is available online; the short version is that there are over thirty sessions and over seventy speakers, panellists and moderators over the two and a half days from 1-3 April. They are also all sold-out.
Reviewing the session contents, there are several themes that are going to form an integral part of the on-going narrative of the Halal Ecosystem over the next five to ten years.
One of the key issues is accreditation.
Opinion: ‘Islamic Economy is a baseless theory’
When Prince Muhammad Al-Faisal, the pioneer of Islamic Banking, was interviewed about Islamic Economy he explained: “What we have today is a baseless theory.”
Want to know what people think about Halal? Then ask them!
New research finding, the results from a joint project between London-based niche research specialists Ethnic Focus, and online Halal news site HalalFocus.com demonstrate the yawning gaps in perception around Halal market issues.
7,000 respondents, spread evenly between men and women from 7 Muslim majority (Bangladesh, Malaysia, Morocco, Pakistan, Qatar, Turkey and UAE) and 7 Muslim minority countries (Denmark, France, Germany, South Africa, Spain, UK and USA) were asked a series of 10 questions to gauge their basic attitudes towards Halal.
Unlike some past exercises, respondents were asked questions such as, “Is your view of Halal products and services affected by news stories such as Charlie Hebdo, or ISIS?” and “How much do you think these news stories are biased against Islam?”. The answers, to say the least, are revealing.
Bet the Farm: How Food Stopped Being Food
‘Bet the Farm’ is an accessible, sharp critique of how our food system has become increasingly captured by the big banks and giant food and agribusiness companies.
Commodity Speculation: Banking on the Hungry Poor
If we are to see any meaningful convergence between the Halal food sector and the Islamic Financial sector, there has to be a voice that emerges from this union to put an end to basic food commodity speculation.
UAE: Harvard Study analyses Al Islami Foods
Harvard Business School recently published a new case study about Al Islami Foods, the leading Halal food company in the Middle East.
UK: Rising Islamophobia ‘threat to UK tourism, investment’
An anti-Islamic mood has been spreading across Europe, with Muslim communities particularly wary following the attack in January on the Charlie Hebdo offices in Paris.
Saudi Arabia: Food is being thrown away
It is estimated that between a third and half of the food produced in GCC countries goes to waste. Despite that, GCC countries are investing in farmlands abroad.
The World Halal Summit – Energising the Halal Ecosystem
Halal is on the agenda of an increasing number of governments, multinationals, SME’s, entrepreneurs, investors and market analysts. Recent estimates for the value of the Halal food sector alone for 2013 are over $1 trillion.
Opinion: Halal – from alternative to absurd
In the last few years there have been a number stories concerning halal: some bring a smile to the face, some bring a smirk, some bring confusion, some bring fascination, and some bring ‘what the …’ reaction.
Opinion: Halal turning to haram
It may not be well understood that something that is ‘halal’ may become haram at the various streams in the food supply chain.
Opinion: Does Islamic finance understand what is expected of it?
Is it comprehending that external events, from 9/11 to Boston Bomber and Charlie Hebdo, will impact on its growth beyond Muslim majority countries?
Opinion: Halal industry offers scope for investment
But, what is halal investment and how is it different from today’s Shariah-compliant investment of equity funds and private equity?
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