New Nokia Halal app launched

Malaysian Halal agency the Halal Industry Development Corporation (HDC) announced the release of a new version of its Halal mobile app now running on Nokia’s Symbian platform.

Launched by the Deputy Minister of International Trade and Industry Datuk Mukhriz Tun Mahathir during the World Halal Research Summit 2011, the Halal app consists of three main modules.

World’s first Halal food index launched

The world’s first Halal Food Index was launched yesterday at The 6th World Halal Forum (WHF 2011) confirming the strong convergence between the Halal industry and Islamic finance.

These two indexes are named the Socially Acceptable Market Investments (SAMI) Halal Food Index and its sister index the SAMI Halal Participation Index and is compliant with The Accounting and Auditing 

Food Analyst Council to work with JAKIM

Several members of Malaysian parliament proposed that the Food Analyst Council work with the Islamic Development Department (JAKIM) to determine the halal status of food products.

Datuk Ahmad Hamzah (BN-Jasin) said cooperation with the council to be established under the Food Analyst Bill 2010 will protect and ensure safety of food products in the country.

tauhu negara mana?

tauhu atau pura2 tak tau..haram jadah

Minyak Masak

Poco Poco Haram

apa komen anda? 

Tarian shuffle sepatutnya pun bolih diharamkan jugak..ramai kanak-kanak, remaja yang terikut2 tarian shuffle..akhirnya menjadi 'kaki clubbing'

Kopitiam DNA babi

Johor Bahru: Sebuah kedai kopi popular di negeri ini yang beroperasi sejak kira-kira 70 tahun lalu dandikunjungi lebih 80 peratus pelanggan beragama Islam rupa-rupanya menghidangkan kopi bercampur gelatin babi.

Produk farmaseutikal positif DNA babi akan diumumkan

GURUN: Senarai nama produk farmaseutikal tempatan yang didapati positif mengandungi asid deoksiribonukleik (DNA) babi akan diumumkan bagi memastikan umat Islam tidak terbeli produk itu, kata Menteri di Jabatan Perdana Menteri, Datuk Seri Jamil Khir Baharom. 

Beliau berkata, usaha juga sedang diambil bagi produk dibungkus dengan kapsul gelatin positif DNA babi itu tidak dibenarkan dijual di kaunter terbuka di semua premis seluruh negara.

British gay Muslims seek Islamic weddings

British gay Muslims are joining the global fight for equality and seeking gay Islamic marriage. The BBC's 5 live Investigates speaks to one couple about their 'nikah' - a Muslim matrimonial contract - and asks how they balance their sexuality with the Islamic faith.

"We met about three years ago, at an iftar - a breaking of fast during Ramadan.

"I think a lot of Muslims find that time of year very spiritual and very enlightening, and so I think that's why our relationship developed, because we spoke about our faith."

"Eventually we went on a date."

Asra recalls the first time she met her partner, Sarah, three years ago. The gay couple, who are also Muslim, are one of a growing number of gay, British Muslims who have cemented their relationship with marriage - Islamic marriage.

Asra fondly remembers the moment Sarah proposed to her.

"After the first date, which was about an hour, Sarah casually asked me to marry her."

Sarah interjects.

366 hotels, resorts out of 1,574 have halal certs

PUTRAJAYA (Feb 23, 2011): Out of 1,574 hotels and resorts in the country, 366 have obtained the halal certificates for the food served in their premises.
Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department Datuk Seri Jamil Khir Baharom said of this, 77 were issued by the Islamic Development Department (Jakim) while the rest by the state Islamic Affairs Departments.
"Of the 366 hotels and resorts, 273 or 74.59% are those rated between three and five stars, 53 (14.48%) are between one and two stars while the other 40 (10.93%) budget hotels and resorts.

Gambar sekitar pelancaran kempen Awas! Jerat Valentine's day

Saya bersama ahli panel Rosmawati zainal

Nestle suspends halal products due to pork traces

Nestle said on Tuesday it was suspending all production of its Herta halal products after a laboratory found traces of pork.

“We have decided to carry out DNA tests so this will delay deliveries … As a result we are suspending production in France until we find a new production process,” a spokeswoman said.

Hindari Panah Dewa Cupid

Hari ini di pejabat ramai kawan-kawan sudah mula bercuti raya cina, Saya terpaksa datang pejabat kerana banyak perkara perlu followup dari agensi-agensi lain untuk program yang saya anjurkan. Hati pun rasa risau dan berdebar-debar, Surat tempahan dewan auditorium D8, Putrajaya sudah dihantar, surat jemputan ke institusi pengajian pun sudah dihantar ke Bahagian Hal Ehwal Pelajar tetapi masih belum ada lagi yang memberi jawapan untuk menghantar peserta!

Program Bicarawara Dan Pelancaran Kempen Awas! Jerat Valentine's Day dah tak berapa lama lagi. Lepastu esok dah mula cuti raya cina! Kalau pengunjung blog ini yang berminat nak menghadiri program tersebut amat dialu-alu kan. Bicarawara tu akan di panelkan oleh, Asyraf, Juara Imam Muda Musim Pertama, panel kedua Ustaz Zarifi Daud, pakar syariah Jakim dan ahli panel seterusnya Ummi Rosse, Pengarah Urusan Raudatus Sakinah. Manakala moderatornya Fahrin Ahmad. Bicarawara ini akan membincang mengenai larangan sambutan Valentine's Day. Saya rasa masih ramai lagi remaja kita yang meraikan dan menyambut Valentine's Day. Kalau tahun 2009 Valentine's day ada remaja kita menyambut dengan tema 'HARI TANPA SELUAR DALAM'. Tahun 2000, remaja kita menyambut dengan 'PARTI BUIH', ianya diraikan dengan tarian bogel dan pakaian mandi.

Selain daripada itu sambutan ini di juga diterjemahkan melalui rancangan TV yang kita tanpa sedari atas nama 'VALENTINE'S SPECIAL'. Disamping itu, didapati ada dikalangan kita sibuk memilih kad-kad ucapan Hari Kekasih, menempah cenderahati, jambangan bunga dan tempahan untuk makan malam bagi merayakan hari tersebut bersama pasangan masing-masing. Pihak hotel pula menawarkan pakej-pakej istimewa seumpama 'MAKAN MALAM HARI KEKASIH  ATAU HIDANGAN MAKAN MALAM ROMANTIK' yang mempunyai tujuan untuk menyambut Hari Kekasih.

Bagi merungkaikan isu ini,kita perlu mendalami dan memahami apakah maksud di sebalik Valentins itu sendiri serta asal usul ia menjadi sebuah perayaan? untuk mendapat maklumat ini saya menjemput kepada semua supaya dapat menghadiri Program Bicarawara Awas! jerat Valentine' Day pada 11 Feb 2011, Masa: 8.00 Malam, bertempat di Dewan Auditorium D8, Presint 1 Kompleks D, Putrajaya. Program ini akan dilancarkan oleh Y.B Dr. Dato' Masyitah Ibrahim

Semua di jemput hadir.

Cinta Valentine's Day tidak ke Syurga

Hari ini 23 Januari, berbaki 8 hari sahaja akan berlalunya bulan tersebut. Maka 1 Febuari nanti ramai pasangan kekasih berangan-angan untuk meraikan dan sambut Valentine's Day. Valentine's Day akan di sambut pada 14 Febuari. Si lelaki atau perempuan berlumba-lumba membeli kuntuman bunga ros merah untuk di berikan kepada pasangan masing-masing bagi membuktikan kasih dan cinta kononnya!

Menjelang Februari nanti banyaklah iklan-iklan atau pun rancangan television yang mempromosi  Valentine! Pusat hiburan, kelab malam, hotel akan menawarkan program untuk merayakan Valentine!

Brigitte Bardot protests kosher animal slaughter

PARIS (JTA) -- Former French actress and national sex symbol Brigitte Bardot is leading an animal rights campaign against ritual kosher and halal methods of slaughtering animals.
More othan 2,000 posters have been plastered throughout France since Jan. 4 to “inform” people of the “Middle Age” methods used to “slit the throats of animals without anesthesia in order to please God,” according to the Brigitte Bardot Foundation, which fights for animal rights.
Bardot, 77, said in a statement that her foundation, along with other activists, had to battle with authorities to gain the right to criticize the religious practices through their posters. 

Pig problems in Halal community

The Indonesian Health Consumers Empowerments Foundation may file a class action lawsuit against the Health Ministry and the Food and Drugs Monitoring Agency (BPOM). It has been claimed that there was a failure in informing the public about pig enzymes in a meningitis vaccine.

The Jakarta Post has reported that the possible lawsuit may take place due to a meningitis vaccine intended for Indonesian muslim pilgrims which contains pig enzymes.

Violation against consumers

“They have violated the 1999 Consumer Protection law and the 2008 Public Information Law, which guarantee the public and consumers the right to be informed about safety and the details of a product’s ingredients - in this case, the Novartis meningitis vaccine,” said Marius Widjajarta, Indonesian Health Consumers Empowerment Foundation chairman.

 The report stated that the Indonesian government wants the vaccine to replace the vaccine made by Britain’s GlaxoSmithKline that Indonesian hajj pilgrims were using.

Containing pig enzymes

The Indonesia Ulema Council (MUI) stated that the vaccines made by Novartis and the Tian Yuan in China were acceptable for Muslims, and that Glaxo’s vaccine was forbidden.

According to the report, the MUI also said that the Glaxo vaccine contained traces of pig enzymes; however the other two vaccines have no traces.

In a rebuttal to this view, there are some Muslims scientists who state that Norvatis vaccine in addition to the Glaxo vaccine must also be declared as forbidden, due to contact with pig enzymes in the manufacturing process.

The Muslim scientists refer to international academic journals which say that research institutes produced seed stock using the Mueller-Hinton medium and thus “came into contact” with pig enzymes, said the Jakarta Post. And the scientist believes that both companies received their seed vaccine stock from these research institutes.

The Council claimed that the Novartis and the Tian Yuan vaccines were not contaminated by pig enzymes in their manufacturing processes, as they originally contained only bovine elements.

Greater Cooperation on Halal Certification among MABIMS Members

Religious ministers of Brunei Darussalam, Indonesia, Malaysian and Singapore (MABIMS) are en route to greater cooperation in recognising Halal certification.

This was said by Minister of Religious Affairs Pengiran Dato Seri Setia Dr Haji Mohammad bin Pengiran Haji Abdul Rahman October 2010 during a press conference at the end of the 14th Informal MABIMS Meeting at the Empire Hotel and Country Club, Jerudong.

MUI to set single national halal standard

AKARTA: The Indonesia Ulema Council (MIU) says it will set a single national standard for certifying halal food to replace 41 world-class institutions promoting different standards in Indonesia.

The MUI’s food, medicine and cosmetics analysis body (LPPOM MUI) head Lukmanul Hakim said that the 41 institutions had different standards, with only eight referring to the MUI.

Muslim Halal Food Sales Supporting Terrorism?

PARIS -- Halal food, food prepared according to Islamic sharia law, is becoming an increasing part of the Western diet and has become a multi-billion dollar global industry.

But CBN News has discovered that some of that money is funneled to fund terrorist activities.

Muslim halal food is creeping into the food chain not only in France, but worldwide, including the United States. 

JAKIM’s Halal Lab ready by 2012

The first government-owned Halal analysis laboratory will be built in Bandar Enstek, here in Nilai next year, with the first phase to cost RM27.3 million, said Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department Datuk Seri Jamil Khir Baharom.

He was confident that Malaysia would be the first country to have such a facility as most labs which analysed halal and non-halal products were owned by the private sector.