TASHKENT -- Officials in the Uzbek capital have closed down nearly a dozen restaurants that don't serve alcohol, the owners claim, adding they were told their businesses could reopen if they agreed to ...

Pakistani cleric Mufti Abdul Qavi made the comments in an interview with an online portal when he was asked to respond to some fatwa allegedly issued by clerics in Saudi Arabia that beverages ...

The world’s first Muslim-friendly cruise will launch in Malaysia this November. Dubbed the M/V Piano Land, the cruise will offer a range of facilities and services specially targeted towards Muslim ...

Hundreds of Muslims in Xi'an, Shaanxi Province, took to the street on Saturday night, demanding a ban on selling alcoholic beverage in local halal restaurants, the Global Times learned. Witnesses said ...

Muslims have been left baffled after KFC refused a diner a hand wipe in a halal-only branch in case it offended other customers. Graham Noakes says staff told him they couldn’t give him one of the ...

Anwar Ibrahim said the definition of halal has evolved over the past few decades, expanding beyond the avoidance of impermissible food. The “halal” status no longer simply means that the food or drink ...

Five Guys has decided to make one of its branches in Birmingham fully halal certified - and has ditched alcohol and other items on its menu. Birmingham's Fort Dunlop store is now one of only five Five ...

Halal meat for Muslims has been readily available in the UK for years, but now a business woman has gone a step further by launching a range of halal make-up. The cosmetics - which includes everything ...

A French halal supermarket has been shut down for not selling alcohol and pork. The Good Price mini-market in Colombes, Paris was threatened with closure last year for violating the terms of its lease ...