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By Sam Ball, France 24 A French court has ordered Saint-Quentin-Fallavier prison, near Grenoble in southeastern France, to begin making halal meals available to Muslim inmates, it emerged Wednesday, citing detainees’ right to “free exercise of religion”. As France advances ...

By Nicolas Parasie, WSJ Gulf investors, including members of UAE royal circles, are to set up the first Islamic bank in the euro zone, it was announced yesterday. Here’s a bold banking initiative emanating from the Gulf: a group comprising of regional ...

The Swedish schools agency has ruled that serving of halal meat in schools does not break the law in response to complaints from parents who argued the practice breaches the non-denominational praxis of the Swedish education system. Parents in Svedala in southern ...

By Michelle Russell, Just Food United Biscuits has signed a deal to acquire a majority stake in Saudi snacks business Rana Confectionery Products. The deal, the UK snacks firm says, will allow it to grow and establish a strong position ...

CHRIS Dodds, executive secretary of the Livestock Auctioneers Association, urged farmers to look for new opportunities to increase their sales. He highlighted the Halal trade as offering “a massive potential” with its two million Muslim and six million non-Muslim Halal ...