KUALA LUMPUR, March 7 — Peru aims to position itself as a halal food products exporter after obtaining Malaysia's halal certification this year.

KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 29 — The Investment, Trade, and Industry Ministry (Miti) has engaged relevant ministries and agencies like the Human Resources Ministry, the Higher Education Ministry, and the National Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) Council to increase Malaysia's skilled workforce.

PUTRAJAYA, Jan 17  — The Sirah paper for the Quran and Fardu Ain Class Assessment Test (UPKK) scheduled for today, has been postponed to January 23, said Islamic Development Department Malaysia) (Jakim) director-general Datuk Hakimah Mohd Yusoff.

PUTRAJAYA, Jan 10 — The Department of Islamic Development Malaysia (Jakim) and Istana Negara will be organising a special forum, dubbed Forum Perdana Ehwal Islam Diraja, which will discuss the topic of Institusi Diraja Penyatuan Ummah (Royal Institution Unifying Ummah) at Istana Negara tomorrow.

PUTRAJAYA, Jan 5 — Promoting food items, including buffets, iftar, and Ramadan sets, as halal for Muslim consumption without the Malaysian Halal Certification (SPHM) is a violation of the Trade Descriptions Act 2011.

KUALA NERUS, Dec 21 — A total of 105 Universiti Sultan Zainal Abidin (UniSZA) students here, who were victims of the first wave of floods last month, received contributions from the Malaysian Islamic Development Department (Jakim) today.

KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 15 — The Halal Malaysia official portal resumed operations on Dec 13 after issues were resolved following a data breach detected on Dec 9.

KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 11 — Malaysia’s halal exports had reached RM44.17 billion as of October this year, according to Deputy Investment, Trade and Industry Minister Liew Chin Tong.

TELOK PANGLIMA GARANG, Dec 2 — The Prime Minister's Department (Religious Affairs), via the Malaysian Islamic Economic Development Foundation (YaPEIM), is looking to regulate the collection of humanitarian donations by non-governmental organisations (NGOs).

SEPANG, Dec 2 — Tengku Permaisuri Selangor Tengku Permaisuri Norashikin attended The World #QuranConvention 4.0 today.

By Norrasyidah Arshad SHAH ALAM, Nov 25 — The Selangor Islamic Religious Council (Mais) has contributed RM200,000 to the Islamic Development Department's (Jakim) Palestinian Musa'adah fund. Its chairman Tan Sri Abdul Aziz Mohf Yusof said the humanitarian aid was handed over to Jakim director...

SHAH ALAM, Nov 24 — The Sultan of Selangor Sultan Sharafuddin Idris Shah Alhaj handed over donations totalling RM4,374,280.63 to the Palestine Musa'adah Fund of the Department of Islamic Development Malaysia (Jakim) today.

LONDON, Oct 28 — Halal Development Corporation Bhd (HDC), together with the Malaysian Islamic Development Department (Jakim), will lead efforts to simplify the entire halal certification process by streamlining the application process.

CAIRO, Oct 23 — Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim said the issue involving 60 students from Pahang who were unable to continue their studies at Al-Azhar University has been successfully resolved after discussions with Sheikh of Al-Azhar Prof Dr Ahmed el-Tayeb.

PUTRAJAYA, Oct 17 — Suitable implementation methods are being identified to shorten the halal certification processing period from 51 days to 30 days, said the Department of Islamic Development Malaysia (Jakim).

KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 14 — The Halal Development Corporation Bhd (HDC) plans to develop a new digital platform for halal certification, in line with the government's aim in Budget 2024 to trim the processing period from 51 to 30 days.

KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 9 — The ‘Halal on Track’ programme is the best platform for industry players to obtain guidance on halal certification, says Minister in the Prime Minister's Department (Religious Affairs) Datuk Dr Mohd Na'im Mokhtar.

PUTRAJAYA, Oct 3 — The Malaysia Halal Industry Development Council has decided that starting early next year, the application and renewal procedures for halal certificates will be simplified, with the certificate approval or feedback period shortened to only 23 working days.

KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 18 — Over 80 per cent or 7,306 small and medium enterprises (SMEs) are holders of Malaysia's Halal Verification Certificate at the moment, said the Minister in the Prime Minister's Department (Religious Affairs) Datuk Mohd Na'im Mokhtar.

PUTRAJAYA, Sept 1 (Bernama) -- The proposed 10-year validity period for the Islamic Pre-Marriage Course certificate beginning Oct 1 (2023) as reported, is still at the consideration stage, the Islamic Development Department of Malaysia (Jakim) said in a statement today.