State Minister for Religious Affairs, Domestic Trade & Consumer Affairs of Penang (Chairman of Halal Penang), YB Dato’ Abdul Malik Kassim announced that the 5th Penang International Halal Expo & Conference (PIHEC) will be held from 17-19 January 2014, and ...

By Rushdi Siddiqui, Khaleej Times Is the halal food industry the answer to the Muslim world’s food (in)security issues? The challenge is halal agro-food has not presented its story as an asset class in real estate terms. Agro-food security is a ...

By Rushdi Siddiqui, TMI “A name is a label, and as soon as there is a label, the ideas disappear and out comes label-worship and label-bashing, and instead of living by a theme of ideas, people begin dying for labels…” –Richard Bach. Is there ...

By Isla McFarlane-Islamic Business and Finance, Zawya Is a lack of Islamic funding contaminating the Halal food industry? People rarely look beyond packaging. Whether a label tells us that a product will keep us thin, young or holy, we tend to ...

By Austyn Allison Meed Gulf Capital SMEinfo Awards winners revealed Just Falafel was named Gulf Capital Business of the Year at MEED’s Gulf Capital SMEinfo Awards for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) on Wednesday night in Dubai. The fast food franchise ...