Experts say the new Socially Acceptable Market Investments (SAMI) Halal Food Index will be a bridge-builder for Islamic funds and for global non-Islamic investors interested in the emerging food sector.
Experts say the new Socially Acceptable Market Investments (SAMI) Halal Food Index will be a bridge-builder for Islamic funds and for global non-Islamic investors interested in the emerging food sector.
Islamic finance is still essentially risk-averse and short-term in its outlook, and Islamic investors share the same view with their bankers and prefers not to invest in Halal businesses and SMEs.
World Halal Forum Director Abdalhamid Evans talks about the two megatrends emerging within the coming decade for the global Halal industry and how they would influence the general business world.
Unlike Kosher-certified products where supply often exceed demand, the number of Halal-certified foods and products in the United States are miniscule, but the demand is strong and growing.
Nadiah Niazi, a columnist for the official student-run newspaper of the California State University, Sacramento, The State Hornet, puts up a compelling argument on how Halal promotes a sense of community within her university campus.
Much has been said and written about the explosion of Halal and its immense potential, but not much about what really makes it tick and how it has become such a big cultural phenomenon.
Halal and Kosher laws have significant differences, but the similarities are much stronger, says David Safier of BlogforArizona.com. He also thinks fear of Shariah law is nonsense.
Muslims in the UK are divided over chickens slaughtered using machines, or Blessed Blade, with a survey of Shariah scholars revealed many are against the mechanised procedure.
Associated Press reporter Rachel Zoll writes about the existing opportunities and pitfalls faced by American companies hoping to tap the large and increasingly affluent US Muslim market.
With Halal expanding internationally and trading communities fully embracing it, JAKIM Malaysia's chief Dato' Wan Mohamad argues why Halal Malaysia should be the choice of assurance.
Demographics and consumption habits make the Muslim market attractive to companies who are willing to navigate the religious and cultural considerations.
There is in fact a significant body of independent scientific evidence that have been conveniently ignored which shows that the alleged humaneness of stunning is a grey issue indeed.
If a prohibited food product undergoes transformation that changes its properties or attributes to the point that it becomes a different product, it is no longer forbidden.
Halal food movement has the strength to lead Muslims to rule the global economy as the food is the basic need of every human being, said Dr. Mustufa Ceric Grand Mufti Bosnia and Herzegovina.