Author: Paul Cochrane, Dinarstandard South Africa has a long halal – or as it is known locally ‘halaal’ – heritage. “Certification began in the 1940s, so South Africans are pioneers in halal certification,” Moulana Abdul Wahab Wookay, CEO of the National Independent Halaal Trust (NIHT), told SalaamGateway. Until the 1980s, certification was primarily for meat,
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Author: Mamaponya Motsai Top halaal certifying bodies in the country say they have not certified poultry imported from the US under the African Growth and Opportunity Act (Agoa) deal. The Muslim Judicial Council (MJC), the South African National Halaal Authority and the National Independent Halaal Trust (Sanha)and the National Independent Halaal Trust (NIHT) say they
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With the 2010 FIFA World Cup™ just months away, the South African Muslim community is hard at work preparing to welcome the many Muslim players and fans that are expected to be in the country in June and July this year. A number of Halaal restaurants are being opened throughout Host Cities and Halaal organisations,
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Author: NIHT Media Durban – A panel of Islamic jurists will investigate the implications for Muslim consumers of a decision by SAB to use carbon dioxide (CO2) derived from beer production in soft drinks bottled by subsidiary ABI. This comes after SAB, the local arm of beer giant SABMiller, announced this week that it would
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Author: NIHT Media The NIHT held a very successful Halaal conference at the Silver Crescent Gardens on Thursday 20/11/2014. The theme was ‘Halaal in the modern world and its Impact’. The conference was held as part of the 25 year Silver Jubilee Celebrations of the Darul Uloom Pretoria. Close onto 180 local and international delegates
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Author: NIHT Media Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (1st April 2015) – The inaugural World Halal Summit (WHS 2015) opened today with unified sessions held to discuss two broad industry imperatives – the current state of the global Islamic economy and the role of accreditation in regulating the global Halal food market. Providing a snapshot of the
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Author: NIHT Media Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (1st April 2015) – Food and agriculture is the second largest OIC sector cluster after the energy cluster. Driven by a fast growing demographic, the urban middle classes, as well as competitive domestic companies expanding globally, Islamic markets are major global food and agriculture growth markets. During a plenary
Author: NIHT Media A smuggler tried to carry nearly 48,000 cans of beers disguised as Pepsi cans into Saudi Arabia over the Al Batha border crossing with the UAE, reported MBC.net. The attempt was caught and the person apprehended after customs officers detected the latest scam into the exporting beers in into Saudi Arabia, where
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Author: NIHT Media The executive board members and staff of the National Independent Halaal Trust (NIHT) were placed under scrutiny at their Annual General Meeting hosted on Sunday the 5th of November 2017. The AGM allowed the board members and staff to exhibit the many successes and failures over the past year. All this, in