Halal foods going mainstream in France

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Genevieve Oger reports that France’s food industry is starting to pay attention to the estimated 5 million Muslims that live in the country.

I’mHalal: The Muslim search engine

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In Islam, something that is “haram” is considered forbidden. The opposite of haram is “halal,” which means permissible. Now, a new Internet search engine is trying to help practicing Muslims sort out the various levels of what is forbidden, offering up “clean” search results. It’s called I’mHalal, and it claims to be the world’s first custom-designed “Islamic search engine.” Cyrus Farivar has the story. Download MP3

• I’mHalal search engine
• BBC: A beginner’s guide to Islam