Ramadan will be upon us in the next several weeks – a glorious month characterised by sacrifice, self-control, will power and getting closer to our creator – Allah. O ye who believe! Fasting is prescribed to you as it was ...
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More Japanese university cafeterias offer halal washoku cuisine
More University cafeterias in Japan are providing halal cuisine to be able to cater for the needs of Muslim students. Halal is an Arabic word meaning “permissible” mostly associated with foods. Halal food preparation needs to satisfy Islamic guidelines. Meat ...
Read More »UAE: Sharjah Awqaf inaugurates the Gulf Halal Center
H.H. Sheikh Sagar bin Mohammed al Qasmi, Chairman Sharjah AWQAF, inaugurated the new Gulf Halal Center as a guest of honor, fulfilling the vision of H.H. Sheikh Mohammad bin Rashid al Maktoum, to make UAE the center of world Halal ...
Read More »Opinion: Clarifying halal methods – ‘Animal Welfare is paramount’
By ZÉNA BUTT, HFF THE halal meat industry has had a mammoth amount of media coverage in the last week or so. Following The Sun’s front page article on the ‘Halal Secret of Pizza Express’ (May 7, 2014), a snowball ...
Read More »Ethical, organic, safe: the other side of halal food
By Carla Power, The Guardian With concern over animal welfare, supermarkets and restaurants under fire and fears about ‘foreign ways’, halal meat is food’s most politically charged subject. But it’s now a £1bn a year market in the UK alone – ...
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