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Disney restaurant hostess sues for permission to wear hijab
Imane Boudlal filed a discrimination complaint after being sent home without pay for refusing to take off her headscarf. The company says it offered to let her wear the hijab "in a backstage role."
Halal beef production
Manitoba beef producers should be taking advantage of the growing specialized kosher and Halal markets, says Manitoba Agriculture Minister Stan Struthers.
Saffron Road Launches America's First All Natural Halal Certified Frozen Indian Entrees at Whole Foods Market(R)
Saffron Road, the packaged food brand of American Halal Co., will begin shipping four of its All Natural, Halal Certified, frozen Indian entrees to Whole Foods Market(R) stores nationally in August, 2010. The four entrees slated for distribution are: Chicken Tikka Masala, Chicken Biryani, Lamb Saag, and Lamb Vindaloo.
Filed Under: Products & Services
Youth see Ramadan as a time for growth
Leaving for college or starting a new school year is hard enough. This year, the start of school overlaps with Ramadan, the holiest of Islam's holidays, so Muslim students will spend their first few weeks of class fasting and waking well before dawn for prayer, said Osama Hashmi, 18, a Lakeside High School graduate. He's former president of the Muslim Youth of Augusta, a gathering from the Islamic Society of Augusta.
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American Halal & Halalfire Sign Marketing Agreement to Position and Promote Saffron Road Halal Products
American Halal, Inc., a Stamford, CT-based Halal food producer, and Halalfire, a media and consulting firm based in Austin, TX and London, England, have signed an agreement for Halalfire to provide marketing data, research, and promotion for American Halal’s new line of ready-to-eat meals, expected to launch in major American retail chains throughout North America by late 2010.
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'Everything is Halal' at Muslim grocery store
Chickens from a local Hutterite colony. Beef burgers from Carman. Quails from Quebec. Jell-O from Egypt. It's all Halal and for sale at Manitoba's first grocery store catering to Muslims.
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The massive Halal meat market
The purchasing power of American Muslims is valued at $170 billion US dollars with $20 billion US dollars of that estimated to be spent on food alone. Still Halal consumers in the USA, remain shockingly under-served. Rising to meet their needs, Med-Diet, Inc. of Minnesota, has launched HalalHealthy.com, a week from the Muslim holy month of Ramadan. It is the first ever national, mainstream company to create a division catering solely to Halal consumers’ needs. In fact, Med Diet and HalalHealthy.com are one of the first mainstream US companies meeting the needs of Muslims in America.
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Kosher and Halal beef market an opportunity: Struthers
Taking advantage of new and growing specialized kosher and Halal beef markets is an opportunity waiting to happen for Manitoba beef producers, Agriculture, Food and Rural Initiatives (MAFRI) Minister Stan Struthers announced.
Halal and Healthy: Entrepreneur Offers Option to Observant and Health-Conscious Muslims
Muslims in the Chicago area are finding it tough to be both observant and health-conscious when it comes to meat. They need to find meat that is “Halal,” which means it was slaughtered according to Islamic ritual, but they also want it to have been raised naturally. As a growing number of concerned Muslims try to find some options, one entrepreneur has stepped in to fill the void.
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