Halal Times

The food and livestock supply chains face challenges as the impacts of climate change continues to manifest and intensify. Rising temperatures, increasingly variable precipitation, and heightened risks of extreme weather events are prompting farmers, ranchers, processors, and manufacturers to implement newadaptation strategies. Adaptation begins on the farm, with increased use of drought-tolerant crops, precision agriculture practices, and more resilient cropping systems.

Every dollar invested tells a story. The question is whether investors know the story they’re helping to write. From stocks and real estate to digital assets and private markets, capital moves across borders in seconds. Now, for many people — mainly those who prioritize ethics alongside returns — one question continues to grow in importance: what exactly is my money supporting?

At its Chicago-area headquarters, the Islamic Food and Nutrition Council of America convened Pakistan’s national accreditation body to align the rules that decide what two billion consumers are willing to trust. DES PLAINES, Ill.

For more than six decades, the Pakistani-Saudi economist built the intellectual architecture of Islamic finance, one rigorously argued book at a time. Dr. Muhammad Umer Chapra, the Pakistani-Saudi economist whose books on Islamic finance sat dog-eared and heavily annotated on the shelves of scholars, students, bankers and believers across the Muslim world for half a century, died recently at the age of 93.

Every Ramadan, millions of Muslims around the world calculate their zakat. Some donate online. Others give through local mosques or charities. Wealthy business owners write large checks. Ordinary Muslims contribute what they can. Collectively, these contributions amount to one of the largest wealth redistribution systems on Earth.

In October 2025, Mufti Menk—one of the world’s most influential Islamic scholars with over 2 million YouTube subscribers—had to post an urgent clarification on social media. Someone had created a sophisticated deepfake video of him announcing the appearance of the Imam Mahdi, complete with his distinctive voice and mannerisms.

Imagine a $1.8 trillion market governed by hundreds of competing regulators, each with different rules, audit processes, and logo requirements. That is the reality of global halal certification today — and it is costing the industry billions of dollars in duplicated costs, trade friction, and missed opportunity. For halal businesses operating across borders, certification fragmentation is no longer a bureaucratic inconvenience. It is the single biggest structural barrier to growth.

There is a specific kind of light that exists only along the fifty-kilometer stretch of coastline in the Campania region of Italy. It is a light that reflects off the cobalt Tyrrhenian Sea and illuminates the pastel-hued villages clinging precariously to the Lattari Mountains. Since the days of the Roman Empire, when emperors and aristocrats sought refuge from the heat of the capital in their maritime estates, the Amalfi Coast has stood as the global archetype of the coastal retreat.

Finding authentic halal grocery online shouldn’t require a lengthy search or a long drive. SANI LLC was built around one simple idea: every Muslim family, Middle Eastern household, and lover of genuine Arab food deserves a trusted halal online store that actually understands their pantry — and their values.

Gases such as carbon dioxide, nitrogen, or argon can be used to kill or stun animals prior to slaughter in a practice known as Controlled Atmospheric Stunning (CAS). This method can be used to render animals unconscious before the cutting and bleeding out portion of the slaughter process. It is most commonly used for poultry and pigs.