VEGETARIANISM AND ISLAMOPHOBIA HINDERS HALAL GROWTH IN INDIA
June 30th, 2022
India’s predominant vegetarianism, religious complexities and a recent spurt in Islamophobic politics has stalled the development of a halal segment in a food and drink sector that serves a country of 1.38 billion people.
Despite serving the world’s second largest Muslim population of more than 210 million, according to the US-based Pew Research Center, Indian food manufacturers do not generally display ‘halal’ on any food labels, except meat.
“In India, non-Muslims are not aware of the true meaning of halal and associate it with meat,” Waseem ...
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