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@wayward216 wrote:
Azureline a quick google of halal certification and tourism, property, etc etc will provide all the information you're after. It's not exactly a secret.

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Wayward, perhaps you need to google.

Certification is to do with certification.

Kosher and Halal, mean similar..........permissable to Jews and Muslims......

Kosher Certification

Halal Certification.

 

me?

 

i just googled it and i also googled kosher tourism-  and got the same result

see?

 

http://en.halalbooking.com/halal-holidays

 

http://www.hotelnewsnow.com/article/13961/Kosher-tourism-big-business-for-hotels

 

but thanks for advising me to have a look... i had no idea there were such things

Thanks Debra, I had no idea Kosher tourism existed either.

Seriously though, it's not that hard to do some research.
Start here http://halalfocus.net/state-of-global-islamic-economy-report-indicator-20142015/

azureline I'm not sure what you're saying - certification is to do with certification? Yes I'm fairly certain I'll agree with you there, thanks.

Here's some light entertainment while you're researching;
"Halalywood, the first halal-certified film industry for Muslims, has been created by Regan who has appeared in films such as Rush Hour 2"

http://www.onislam.net/english/news/americas/471117-muslims-halalywood-enters-film-industry.html

Actually Debra on closer inspection your link appears more about hotels that just serve Kosher food rather than the entire hotel being certified Halal such as what crescent do.

http://www.crescentrating.com/

Secret deal to tie up halal market

 

A NUMBER of the region’s top Muslim leaders signed a secret deal in Mecca last year to tie up more of the $1 trillion halal certification market. The meeting was called by a Saudi-born ultra-orthodox Wahhabi leader in a bid to set up a new umbrella organisation and investment fund to control the booming market, The Australian reported today.

 

Abdallah Ben Abdel Mohsen al-Turki, “honorary president” of the World Muslim League, brought together a range of figures to conquer and divide the multimillion-dollar market.

 

Embattled Australian Federation of Islamic Councils president Hafez Kassem,Australia’s “Mr Saudi”, Sha­fiq Khan, hard line preacher Sheik Omar El-Banna, and Australia’s Grand Mufti Ibrahim Abu Moham­med, were all present and all signed the document.

 

“The federation shall seek to set up an Islamic investment fund to invest in good-return projects, especially in the area of halal food of all kinds, as well as investing in the establishment of an Islamic abattoir,” states the agreement.

 

It was reportedly discussed that 70 per cent of the profits from the investment fund would be distributed among the various signatories and 30 per cent would go to the World Muslim League, which is funded by the Saudi regime.

 

The Grand Mufti signed the agreement representing his own centre, the Australian Islamic Culture Establishment, and not the Australian National Imams Council.

 

“The intention was that a bank account would be created, a kitty, and these people would be the custodians of the fund,” one man told The Australian.

 

“They worked out the distribution formula and some of that money would go to the league. Whether that goes to their Australian office (in Melbourne) or back to Saudi Arabia, we do not know.”

 

http://www.news.com.au/finance/business/secret-deal-to-tie-up-halal-market/story-fnkgdhrc-1227368698...

 

We've been assured that here in heathendom once we pay our halal fee the money will go to a good cause. How on earth will we ever know where it goes because Halal de Mecca doesn't have to file an ATO tax return.

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@debra9275 wrote:

no I was just pointing out what the senate investigation covers-  they don't mention anything about real estate etc.

 

 

 

and that kosher meat is killed in a similar fashion to halal meat except that the animals are not stunned

 

here are some articles from the RSPCA

 

http://www.rspca.org.au/campaigns/un-stunned-slaughter

 

http://kb.rspca.org.au/What-is-Kosher-slaughter-in-Australia_117.html

 

http://www.abc.net.au/am/content/2011/s3247274.htm

 

 

what on earth is Halal real-estate??

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Mecca

It's an emerging area of certification, this article discusses a bit about it for you but basically there are two main areas of halal property. The first being where and how it's built, this includes the obvious things like not being built on a cemetary etc, plus of course not being near a bottle shop or other haram business. The second area relates to how the building was funded, was it Sharia compliant, is it suitable halal for rental income? 
http://mforum.cari.com.my/forum.php?mod=viewthread&tid=867407

There was also a plan to build a halal estate in NSW a couple of years back which received outrage as it was considered divisive, so no doubt it's been put on hold until we're more accepting of that level of discrimination
http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/plan-for-muslim-housing-enclave-in-sydney-suburbs/story-e6freuy9-12...