Indonesia Health Ministry is set to provide free halal meningitis vaccinations in mid-September to people planning to make hajj pilgrimage to Mecca, the Jakarta Post quoted an official as saying on Saturday .

Saudi Arabia’s ambassador to Mauritius discussed food security and ways of boosting bilateral trade in talks with senior officials during a three-day visit to the Indian Ocean country, the Arab News reports .

Calls on the Swedish government to scrap the ban on halal and kosher slaughter have been gaining momentum .

Philippine's undeveloped  halal industry takes center stage in the Central Mindanao-wide science and technology (S&T) week that started yesterday, Business World reports .

In a novel pitch the youth section chief of PAS political party in Malaysia has urged the authorities to start labeling product which are prohibited in Islam, instead of certifying food that is permissible .

Not wanting to be left behind even small countries are planning to enter the lucrative halal market .

Prison officials in the United Kingdom have apologized to Muslim inmates after were served non-halal burgers .