Tokyo, (AG/IINA) : An Osaka-based travel agency in Japan has offered tours catering specifically to Muslim visitors – a growing segment of travelers to Japan – featuring a visit to a mosque, halal food, and an attendant adhering to Islam rules, South China Morning...
Beijing, (IANS) : Several provincial and local governments throughout China have subsidized Muslims' purchases of halal meat this year. According to the State Ethnic Affairs Commission, the policy has sparked controversy over whether the State should subsidize...
Kuala Lumpur, (IINA) : The government of Malaysia called on local companies to venture into the halal industry and increase their involvement at national and international levels, Halal Focus reported Tuesday. Deputy International Trade and Industry Minister Datuk...
Paris, (IINA) : An influential group representing French Muslims is proposing a tax on halal food to fund mosques and fight radicalization in the wake of a series of terror attacks, The Independent newspaper reported. Anouar Kbibech, president of the French Council of...
Riyadh (IINA) : Prominent Islamic scholar Dr. Mohammad Najeeb Qasmi has recently launched the first Islamic Mobile app (Hajj-e-Mabroor) covering different issues concerning Hajj and Umrah in multiple languages — Urdu, English and Hindi. The app can be installed on...
Makkah (HA/IINA) : A total of 49,000 pilgrims, both Saudis and expatriates, will benefit from the low-cost Hajj package through 76 companies and agencies this year. The Ministry of Hajj and Umrah on Thursday opened the application process for the pilgrimage under this...
Jakarta, (NNN-ANTARA) : The Islamic finance industry in Indonesia has largely grown as a result of community-based initiatives, Head of Islamic Finance at Thomson Reuters Mustafa Adil stated here. "Unlike other countries, the Islamic finance industry in Indonesia is...
New Delhi, (IANS) : Budget carrier SpiceJet on Thursday said its first Hajj flight took off from Gaya in Bihar with 135 passengers on board. Special flights for more than 8,000 pilgrims for the grand annual Islamic pilgrimage to Mecca in Saudi Arabia from the Bihar...
New Delhi, (IANS) : Union Minister of State for Minority Affairs Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi on Thursday flagged off the first batch of Hajj pilgrims from Indira Gandhi International Airport here. Extending good wishes on behalf of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and himself,...
Jakarta, (IINA) : The Indonesian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Kadin) has registered with the Malaysian Trade Ministry's halal e-commerce portal ehalal.com to endorse Indonesian halal products. The portal serves not as an online store to sell products but rather...