Tag: halal

  • Pasar Online 7.Mall Hantar Barangan Basah Dari Pasar Geylang Serai

    Pasar Online 7.Mall Hantar Barangan Basah Dari Pasar Geylang Serai

    Ingin membeli daging atau ayam dari Pasar Geylang Serai tetapi tiada masa untuk berbuat demikian? Kini anda boleh berbuat demikian menerusi sebuah pasar online baru.

    Sebuah wadah online baru bernama 7Mall.Shop itu akan dilancarkan Sabtu ini (15 April).

    Ia sebenarnya adalah wadah pesanan dalam talian, yang diasaskan tiga anak Melayu tempatan, iaitu Encik Kamal Kassim 46 tahun, Encik Damar Osman 42 tahun dan Encik Irmanizam Mohd, 35 tahun.

    Secara keseluruhan, 7Mall menyediakan khidmat penghantaran ke rumah bagi barangan pasar dan asas keperluan rumah yang tersenarai di lelamannya.

    Buat masa ini ia menyenaraikan sekitar 350 barangan keperluan rumah. Ini termasuklah daging, ayam dan makanan beku yang datang dari dua kedai di pasar Geylang Serai serta dari kedai runcit ataupun diimport langsung oleh 7Mall.

    KEMUDAHAN BAGI PEMBELI MELAYU/ISLAM

    “Kami mengambil kira keperluan halal masyarakat Melayu Islam setempat. Dan jika anda mencari keperluan lain seperti ubat suplemen yang lazimnya terdapat di Pasar Geylang ataupun Johor, kami turut memenuhi keperluan itu juga,” kongsi Ketua Pegawai Eksekutif 7Mall, Encik Damar Osman, melalui suatu kenyataan media.

    Ini terutamanya bagi menyenangkan golongan tua ataupun yang tidak berkenderaan tetapi masih ingin membeli barangan tertentu yang terdapat di Pasar Geylang Serai.

    Golongan warga emas juga diberi bantuan tambahan dalam bentuk penghantaran rumah secara percuma, dan dibolehkan membuat pesanan melalui telefon.

    MENOLONG PENIAGA KECIL DAN SURI RUMAH

    Pihak 7Mall akur sudah ada khidmat penghantaran ke rumah oleh pasar raya tempatan dan beberapa syarikat pemula.

    Namun, ini tidak dijadikan hambatan. Sebaliknya ia dijadikan pendorong buat pengasas 7Mall untuk menyediakan wadah teknologi bagi peniaga kecil-kecilan meningkatkan daya saing mereka.

    “Kami dapat lihat sekarang dari segi ekonomi yang makin pesat dalam alam siber, kebanyakan peruncit-peruncit di sini terkesan dengan adanya e-niaga di alam siber. Jadi tujuan kami juga adalah untuk membawa mereka ke alam siber supaya mereka dapat meningkatkan lagi penjualan mereka,” kongsi Encik Kamal Kassim, yang memegang peranan sebagai Ketua Pegawai Teknologi 7Mall.

    Selain membantu para pegerai, 7Mall juga menggunakan strategi menggajikan pekerja sambilan daripada golongan suri rumah.

    Menurut ketua pegawai operasi, Encik Irman Mohd, tanggungjawab berat di rumah kadang kala menghambat sesetengah suri rumah daripada bekerja untuk mencari pendapatan tambahan.

    Atas dasar ini, suri rumah yang bekerja di 7Mall hanya perlu bertugas sekitar tiga jam setiap masa, membolehkan mereka imbangi kerja dan tanggungjawab di rumah.

    Memandang ke hadapan, selain menambah bilangan produk dalam senarainya, 7Mall mengalu-alukan penyertaan pekedai lain yang ingin memanfaatkan wadah yang mereka sediakan.

    7Mall juga berharap mengembangkan lelaman mereka (www.7mall.shop) untuk menempatkan khidmat lain yang relevan bagi masyarakat Melayu Islam setempat.

     

    Source: http://berita.mediacorp.sg

  • Female Supporters Of Ahok Fear For Their Lives As Islamists Claim It’s Halal To Gang-Rape Them

    Female Supporters Of Ahok Fear For Their Lives As Islamists Claim It’s Halal To Gang-Rape Them

    The conflicts related to the racially and religiously charged gubernatorial election in Jakarta have hit a new low when a supporter of the Islamic Defenders Front (FPI) claimed in a Facebook comment that it is Halal to gang rape female Ahok supporters.

    “Those who support Ahok are idiots and immoral.. it is halal to spill their blood and it is also halal if women are gang raped,” he stated in his comment.


    Basuki “Ahok” Tjahaja Purnama, the Christian and ethnically Chinese governor of Jakarta who is currently contesting to be re-elected, had earned a lot of praise for his exceptional commitment for clean government and against corruption.

    According to FPI, however, it is not permissible in Islam that a non-Muslim governs a city mostly inhabited by Muslims.

    After black campaigns, violent protests and threats coming from Ahok’s opponents, the level of extremism has now crossed the line for many Indonesians.

    Ita Fadia Nadya, a member of Indonesian Women Against Violence, said that her group filed a police report against the Facebook user for hate speech, as defined by Article 156 of the Criminal Code Procedure Law (KUHP), Jakarta Globe reported.

    “We want to raise concerns about the safety of women in general. We aren’t talking about the upcoming gubernatorial election in Jakarta; our focus is purely on safety,” she told reporters at the Jakarta Police headquarters.

    According to her, the threat is especially harmful for women and compromises their safety.

    The FPI supporter with the Facebook username Dwi Ardika’s distasteful comment also reminded many Indonesians about the gang rapes that occurred during the anti-Chinese riots in 1998.

    “Before the massive gang rapes that occurred in 1998, there were sentiments and threats expressed [similar to this Facebook post].

    “In that period, there was no social media. Instead, threats were disseminated through posters targeting drivers of taxis and other forms of public transportation. We don’t want to see the actions of that year being repeated,” she said.

    The Jakarta riots in May 1998 saw 1,000 people killed and 87 women, mostly of Chinese descent, raped by rioters and rape squads, allegedly led by the army.

     

    Source: www.malaysiandigest.com

  • Malaysia Minister: No Halal Certification For Products That Use “Haram” Names

    Malaysia Minister: No Halal Certification For Products That Use “Haram” Names

    KUALA LUMPUR, April 17 — Authorities will not issue halal certification for non-alcoholic “beer” or any product that uses “haram”-related names like ham or bacon, minister Datuk Seri Jamil Khir Baharom said today.

    National newswire Bernama quoted the minister in the Prime Minister’s Department as saying at the Dewan Negara that the use of the term “halal beer” went against the Manual Procedure for Malaysia Halal Certification (MPPHM) used by the Islamic Development Department (Jakim) and other state Islamic departments for halal certification.

    “In the manual, it’s clearly stated that products which use names or have names synonymous with non-halal products, or confusing terms like ‘ham’, ‘bak kut teh’, ‘bacon’, ‘beer’ and the like, cannot qualify for Malaysian halal certification.

    “Halal food or halal artificial food colouring also cannot use names or names synonymous with confusing terms that refer to non-halal food,” Jamil Khir said in response to Senator Khairiah Mohamed, who asked the government for a list of approved “halal beer” that is in the market, as well as conditions for selling “halal beer”.

    Jamil Khir also reportedly said some of those beverages have received halal certification from foreign private companies or halal certification bodies and that some did not use any halal logo on their products.

    “It must be stressed that Jakim and JAIN (state Islamic departments) are the authorities for Malaysian halal certification. Each application for Malaysian halal certification must follow the MPPHM or fatwa decisions and related rules used in Malaysian halal certification.

    “So, Jakim will ensure that these beverages do not misuse the Malaysian halal logo on their products,” he was quoted saying.

    US paper the Wall Street Journal reported in 2015 that Malaysia’s non-alcoholic beer market in 2013 was three million litres and was expected to grow to 3.6 million litres by 2016, a small figure compared to the 11.5 per cent sales in the Middle East and Africa.

    The report also said that fast food chain A&W switched to calling its root beer “RB” in 2013, in order to get the halal certification for all its outlets.

    The issue of halal certification surfaced last October after an executive with US pretzel chain Auntie Anne’s revealed that their application for halal certification had failed due to, among others, concerns over “pretzel dogs” on the menu.

    Some fast food restaurants in Malaysia use non-pork alternatives for ham and bacon, such as turkey ham and beef bacon. There are also vegetarian versions of “bak kut teh” (pork rib soup).

     

    Source: www.themalaymailonline.com

  • Hotel Halal Pertama Thailand Dapat Sambutan Amat Menggalakkan

    Hotel Halal Pertama Thailand Dapat Sambutan Amat Menggalakkan

    Perniagaan Al Meroz Hotel, hotel empat bintang halal sepenuhnya yang
    pertama di Thailand, kini semakin pesat berikutan peningkatan jumlah pelancong Islam ke negara itu.

    Pengarah Urusan dan Pengurus Besarnya Sanya Saengboon berkata hotel dengan 242 bilik itu yang sudah mendapat pensijilan daripada pihak berkuasa dari Timur Tengah dan Thailand, mendapat sambutan yang amat menggalakkan.

    “Kadar penginapan hotel kami sekarang ialah pada 94 peratus. Ia sudah terlalu tinggi dan saya tidak tahu apa yang perlu dilakukan lagi (terhadap sambutan yang tidak pernah berlaku),” katanya kepada Bernama dalam satu temu bual baru-baru ini.

    Bagi menampung permintaan yang amat menggalakkan itu, beliau berkata hotel itu, yang menampilkan seni bina seperti masjid lengkap dengan menara, sudah mula merancang untuk menambah 150 bilik lagi.

    Rancangan pengembangan dilakukan sebulan selepas hotel itu, yang terletak di pinggir bandar Bangkok, Ramkhamhaeng, dilancarkan secara rasmi pada Februari tahun ini selepas menjalani operasi percubaan lebih setahun.

    BANGUNAN TAMBAHAN AKAN DITAMBAH

    Hotel berkenaan akan menambah satu lagi bangunan tambahan pada akhir tahun,
    menjadikan jumlah keseluruhan bilik kepada hampir 500, setiap satu dilengkapi dengan
    sejadah, Al-Quran dan arah kiblat.

    Ia juga mempunyai surau, kemudahan wuduk, tiga restoran, dewan, gimnasium dan kolam renang, dengan masa yang berlainan bagi lelaki dan wanita.

    Menurut Sanya, yang beragama Islam, walaupun hotel itu halal sepenuhnya, Al Meroz menerima campuran tetamu, Islam dan bukan Islam, yang menunjukkan bahawa orang bukan Islam sedia untuk menginap di hotel berstatus halal.

    “Sejak dibuka, kami telah menerima banyak pelanggan dari Malaysia, Indonesia, Brunei, China, serta negara-negara di Timur Tengah, Eropah dan Amerika,” katanya.

    Selain itu, hotel ini juga memenuhi keperluan pelancong Islam tempatan terutamanya dari bahagian selatan negara ini dan masyarakat yang tinggal di Ramkhamhaeng, antara penempatan orang Islam terawal dan terbesar di Bangkok.

    LIHAT PELUANG DALAM PELANCONGAN HALAL

    Sanya berkata Lembaga Pelancongan Thailand melihat peluang dalam pasaran
    pelancongan halal dan memulakan usaha bersepadu untuk menarik pelancong Islam dari seluruh dunia ke negara di Asia Tenggara itu.

    (Gambar-gambar: Laman Al Meroz Hotel)

    “Terdapat 1.6 bilion umat Islam di dunia dan ini merupakan satu peluang yang besar untuk negara,” katanya, sambil menambah bahawa usaha untuk menarik pelancong Islam sudah memberi faedah kepada Thailand, sebuah negara dengan majoriti penduduk beragama Buddha.

    Thailand sudah menyaksikan lonjakan pelancong dan pengunjung Islam sejak beberapa tahun kebelakangan ini.

    Beliau berkata inisiatif ini melangkaui peluang pelancongan memandangkan rantaian halal meliputi industri-industri lain yang Thailand boleh memanfaatkannya.

    Mengimbas kembali bagaimana tercetusnya idea untuk membina hotel halal pertama Thailand itu, Sanya berkata ia adalah ilham Presiden dan Ketua Pegawai Eksekutifnya, Rausak Mulsap, yang melihat peluang luas dalam industri halal.

    Didorong oleh impian memiliki hotel halal di Thailand, Rausak memulakan pembinaan Al Meroz Hotel tiga tahun lalu dengan pelaburan sebanyak lebih satu bilion baht (S$40 juta).

    Source: BeritaMediacorp

  • Science Backs Islam’s Logic Of Eating Halal Meat Instead Of Haram

    Science Backs Islam’s Logic Of Eating Halal Meat Instead Of Haram

    Islam, considered to be the perfect religion, has always provided reasons for the dos and don’ts in its properties. Just as science backs Islam’s logic of declaring pig haram and how praying 5 times a day helps a person stay healthier, there is also a specious logic behind eating halal meat (where the animal is slaughtered) instead of chopping its head off directly, which makes it haram.

    Source: thenation.com

    Source: thenation.com

    Muslims all over the world abstain from eating meat that has been slaughtered in a haram manner, or through mechanical slaughter. Here’s how science backs the logic with proper reasoning.

    WHAT MAKES MEAT HALAL OR HARAM?

    Haram slaughter

    Source: Muslimvillage.com

    The blood that does not drain out of the animal’s body, contaminated the meat completely, be it in a chicken, cow or a goat. This clotted blood ruins the freshness of the meat and becomes the cause for multiple illnesses when the humans eat it.

    The butchers, who slaughter the animal in a haram way, which is also known as the ‘Jhatka’ – chop the head off the animal completely, especially a chicken. This results in discretion of the brain and heart; which makes the heart stops pumping and beating blood in a jiffy. With no driving force left to push the blood out of the body, the blood stagnates in the veins and arteries, contaminating the blood and causing it to affect the meat.

    Science proves that blood is the most capable medium of bacterial growth. This contaminated meat makes the human body more vulnerable to infections and considerable pain in the joints, due to the rising uric acid level in the blood.

    WHY MUSLIMS PREFER HALAL MEAT AND ITS PROPER WAY

    Halal slaughter

    Source: gettyimages.com

    Muslim butchers who serve Halal meat do not chop the animals head off. Instead, the main jugular vein of the animal is cut, which holds the venous blood in high pressure. Due to the cut, the blood is directed out of the animal’s body, which is connected to the atrium of the heart without any irregularity.

    This method of slaughtering the animal preserves the link between heart and brain of the animal, allowing the animal to breathe out naturally. With this method, the heart keeps pumping until all the blood from the body is drained out and only meat is left, without any contamination, leaving the meat pure and Halal.

    THE FAMOUS QUESTION OF WHY FISH IS CONSIDERED HALAL WITHOUT BEING SLAUGHTERED

    Epiglottis of fish

    Source: shmoop.com

    Many non-Muslims have asked this question, that why the fish has been declared Halal without being slaughtered. The answer too, lies in science.

    Allah Almighty created everything in perfect balance. The moment the fish is taken out of the water, the entire blood of the fish redirects and moves into a part called the epiglottis, which is in its mouth – draining the blood from the whole body and leaving the meat pure and Halal.

    Thus, Science too backs Islam’s logic of heating Halal meat instead of Haram.

    BY: S.K PAKISTAN

     

     

    Source: Parhlo