Article: Malaysia hopes to create world halal standard.

Summary: Malaysia hopes that Muslim countries can agree on which goods and products are halal, or acceptable to Muslims, a move that would boost the $2 trillion industry, although politics and interpretation

Malaysia hopes that Muslim countries can agree on which goods and products are halal, or acceptable to Muslims, a move that would boost the $2 trillion industry, although politics and interpretation of Islamic law may complicate the task.

The Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) is working on a single standard to be applied in its 57 member countries. Agreement to regulate the halal industry, which ranges from financial institutions to ...

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