A leading Russian Rabbi has declared that 'Jews are allowed to eat Muslim food as “it is Halal” and that means that the food is Kosher,' the Interfax news agency reports .

The government of Bangladesh has offered subsidies for halal meat and products .

The increase in the numbers of Muslim immigrants in Cyprus has led to a parallel growth in the country's Halal market .

Pakistan is interested to cooperate with the Halal Industry Development Corporation Sdn Bhd (HDC) to tap the growing halal products business which is expected to achieve double-digit growth every five years .

Malaysian Halal logistics form MISC Bhd will soon launch the Halal Express Service-Loop 2 that directly connects Far East ports to India and the Middle East region .

The Economic and Media Studies Center has revealed an organized smuggling of livestock to neighboring Saudi Arabia, which has led to soaring meat prices by 100 percent in western Yemen, according to a report by the Yemen News Agency .

The import of food and agricultural products by Saudi Arabia should rise 25% this year when compared to 2008, according to estimates by Riyadh Exhibitions Company, which is responsible for Saudi Agro-Food, to take place in early November, in Riyadh .

Malaysia's Halal Industry Development Corporation (HDC) aims to attract RM500 million in foreign direct investment (FDI) next year to Halal Parks located across the country .

Ostriches in Pakistan are something of a rarity and they are not seen anywhere else except zoos .

Several cities in Saudi Arabia are seeing a sharp rise in the demand for meat and local businesses have been unable to meat it .