Creators of a worldwide halal certification program hope the scheme will help the world's 1.6 billion Muslim consumers. Pictured here, a halal grocery aisle in France. A group of Islamic scholars in ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The word “halal” is probably the most common concept associated with Muslims. It is the “social face” of their religious beliefs ...

For Muslims, halal food follows certain rules proscribed by Islamic law. It usually pertains to ritual slaughter and abstention from certain items like pork, blood and alcohol. But the interpretation ...

In partnership with the Ecole Nationale Superieure d’Informatique in Algeria and The University of Indonesia, a researcher from the Qatar Computing Research Institute (QCRI), one of Hamad Bin Khalifa ...

Anwar Ibrahim said the definition of halal has evolved over the past few decades, expanding beyond the avoidance of impermissible food. The “halal” status no longer simply means that the food or drink ...

The term ‘halal’ is no longer exclusively defined in a religious context, but has transformed into a lifestyle term associated with worldwide health and fashion industries, according to a study ...

Muslims choose to eat halal food because it meets requirements that they believe make it suitable for consumption. Halal originates from rules set out in the Qur’an and the Hadith (the Prophet ...

A group of Islamic scholars in the UK have created what they hope will become an international halal food certification program that would help streamline standards around the world. To be ‘halal’ -– ...

But the interpretation of Islamic food traditions has often varied by time and place. In fact, food that was once prohibited, like caviar for Shiite Muslims, has since become accepted as halal. While ...