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@Halal | november-december. 2019
04-05
On the road to halal
leadership
IHAB strengthens Malaysia’s position as
halal leader
• HDC to create bigger halal market space
in Japan
• Trained for the halal industry
• World’s first halal pharmacopoeia in
2020
06
New halal law in place
for Indonesia
Indonesia’s halal law takes effect, impacting
products and services
• Halal rising in Canada
08-09
How halal tourism
molds the global
tourism industry
Muslim-friendly platforms are blooming
with Muslim tourists expected to spend
about USD230 billion by year 2025
10-11
Malaysia, the champion
of world’s halal growth
The Halal industry is a thriving, fast-
growing global phenomenon that’s taking
countries by storm
• The showcase for all things halal
12-13
Muslims’
forbidden candy
Many Malaysians were shocked to learn
the news of how the white rabbit candy
was never halal, as it was found to contain
pork-based ingredient
• Striving for improvement
| editor’s note |
Spread
the joy and
happiness
15
Revolutionary financing
The alignment of Shariah and sustainable investing
16
Creating experts
in halal logistics
MITRANS strives to strengthen the global halal supply chain,
and they are training halal supply chain experts to do so
U
s humans are very attached to things.
We value inanimate objects as if they
are alive, we keep certain things just
because it has sentimental values, and we
defend the things that bring us joy and
nostalgia.
These attachments are almost always
harmless. But sometimes, it may prove to
be detrimental. I am speaking particularly
about the previous debacle experienced by
Muslims in Malaysia, Brunei, and Singa-
pore about the (in)famous White Rabbit
Candy.
You see, as a person who grew up in
the better part of the 90’s and towards the
2000’s, I had run-ins with the candy myself.
And it would be a lie for me to say that I
never tasted one at least once before.
I never was a fan of the candy, but I am
familiar with it growing up. However, it
resonated deeper for many of my Muslim
brothers and sisters. Therefore, it became
a huge shock to many when the candy was
found to have porcine-based ingredient –
specifically, pig gelatin.
And it is no one’s fault but ours, as the
manufacturer of the candy has never
claimed it to be halal, and have never made
any effort to make it so.
This goes to show that if consuming
halal food and other things is an important
factor in our life (as Muslims, it should be),
then we should be more cautious in our
selection of food. Not just for us, but to our
partners and children as well.
Let’s perhaps aim for improvements in
our lives moving forward. Make it our new
year resolution even.
As I type my final words for this publica-
tion, let me grab this opportunity to wish
our readers a very merry Christmas, happy
new year, and a happy life. InsyaAllah.
Assalamualaikum.
Editor, for the last time,
Norman Hussaini
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Alcohol is not haram
We should change the way we think of alcohol in products
20
Integrity in halal manufacturing
Halal practices integrity (HPI) to sustain halal compliance in
Malaysian industry
21
The state of halal pharma
in Malaysia
Dr Zhari Ismail, authority on halal pharmaceuticals tells the
strength of establishing halal standard and guideline for our
medication
22
Another leap for
the global halal market
Inaugural Selangor International Halal Conference
acknowledges the global halal potential
• Solution to assessing global halal standard