Regional News

By Ron Dicker, The Huffington Post An Islamic rights group is calling on Florida’s Department of Corrections to offer halal food to Muslim prisoners after a court mandated that kosher food be served again to Jewish inmates. “It is only fair ...

By Rose Eveleth,  Smiths Online Mag Halal meat is supposed to adhere to strict religious rules, but a new study suggests it isn’t quite so spotless. By now, it might come as no surprise to you that a lot of the meat ...

TOKYO (Jan 22, 2014): Japan’s whaling mother-ship has been awarded a halal certificate to prove the whales it takes from the Antarctic Ocean are slaughtered in accordance with Muslim law, a company spokesman said Wednesday. The Nisshin Maru was certified ...

By JIJI,  Japan Times ODATE, AKITA PREF. – A group of small companies has launched a program to offer the Akita Komachi variety of rice to Muslim visitors to Japan, hoping to export the high-quality grain to Islamic nations in the ...

By Adrian Lim, Borneo Post KUCHING: Iskandar Malaysia  has attracted about RM131 billion of investment as at December 2013 since the economic corridor was established in 2006. Iskandar Regional Development Authority (IRDA) chief executive Datuk Ismail Ibrahim revealed the figure ...