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UK: A premium Shariah-compliant share dealing service launched
UMEX Securities and Finance Ltd launched a Shariah-compliant UK share dealing service that went live on 6 December 2010. The service enables investors to buy and sell shares through a share dealing service designed to offer not just a Shariah-compliant mechanism for trading but also provides registered investors with a screening service, highlighting the Shariah-compliant companies listed on the London Stock Exchange and AIM. Investors are able to register for this service on the UMEX Securities website www.umexsecurities.com. The UMEX Securities service offers share-dealing clients a comprehensive package to ensure that investors are able to place orders confident in the knowledge that their share-dealing account and the stocks they are trading are Shariah-compliant.
After France, Israel considers 'banning the burqa'
All clothing that covers the face in a public place would be banned, but the proposed law would affect mainly Muslim women. A member of the current Knesset is proposing a law that would prohibit the wearing of any garment that obscures the face and prevents identification, in any government office, at any entertainment venue, and on any means of public transportation. According to the legislator proposing the law, Kadima MK Marina Solodkin, its primary purpose is to liberate women from irrational religious restrictions. The bill mainly targets devout Muslims.
Halal slaughter
I have a view that most newspaper stories about food are not about food at all. Eating is one of the few biological imperatives, and the way we go about it is fundamental to how we perceive ourselves. Talking about how we eat and how other people eat is a great way to express views about our position in society that might be less palatable tackled head on.
Mail on Sunday Hysteria on Halal Food
By its own implicit admission, the Mail on Sunday (18.09.2010) report on Halal food is designed to cause alarm and intended to manufacture controversy. Halal food is prepared ethically in accordance with Islamic traditions and has very close similarities to Kosher food, in accordance to Jewish traditions.
Gummy sweets go Halal
A new Bolton-based sweet manufacturer has launched an all natural range of jelly sweets that are suitable for vegetarian, vegan, Halal and kosher consumers.
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Islamic Slaughtering begins in Iceland
This fall, slaughtering according to Islamic tradition will take place in a number of Icelandic slaughterhouses, ruv.is reports. Not much must be altered regarding the slaughtering methods, but with the so-called Halal method in use, new markets will open for Icelandic mutton all around the world.
Towards Cruelty-Free Cosmetics
The Halal Journal interviews Dr Mah Hussain-Gambles, founder of Saaf Pure Skincare (a UK-based eco-ethical skincare range, which is both Organic and Halal certified) about her views on the recent European Union (EU) ban on animal testing on cosmetics and the role of Humane Cosmetics Standard (HCS).
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Most of British Airways in-flight meals could soon be Halal, says caterer GateGourmet
The company behind airline food on some of the world's major airlines has announced plans to make the majority of its meals Halal. GateGourmet, which caters for all long-haul British Airways flights from Heathrow, wants to standardise production to drive down costs and boost profits.
Harrow Interfaith Council hits out over Halal school meals as hunger strikes are threatened
Pressure is mounting over Halal-only menus in schools with a planned hunger strike and threats of parents withdrawing their children.
Halal Foods Expand Reach in France
For years, Anissa Benchamacha bought her meat in a parking lot, from vendors hawking near-expired products to Muslims eager to find food that met their religious requirements. But on a recent afternoon, Ms. Benchamacha stood in quiet wonderment before the tidy rows of packaged cold cuts in Hal’Shop, a new supermarket in this middle-class Paris suburb, a few aisles away from the cans of foie gras and bottles of non-alcoholic champagne — all of them Halal, or permitted under Islam.