Confusion: Tower of Labels

The religious affairs minister's decree on compulsory halal (permissible by religion) labeling was both ill-targeted and ill-timed.

January 22, 2002

Are labels and certificates capable of determining the halal or haram (prohibited) condition of all the food we savor? Of course not. Even if all the 'attachments' to packages are added to with stickers, stamps, brands, seals, signs and badges to the extent of burying their trademarks, still they are "no guarantee" as a commercial claims. Delinquent manufacturers working with the sheer motive of maximizing profits, for instance, are only able to outw

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