Editing Halal (section)

== Non-food applications ==
{{main|Halal tourism|Islamic banking and finance}}
In addition to food and diet, a halal lifestyle can include [[Halal tourism|travel]], [[Islamic banking and finance|finance]], clothing, media, recreation, cosmetics.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://cf.cdn.unwto.org/sites/all/files/pdf/best_practice_halal_life_indonesia.pdf |title=Halal Lifestyle in Indonesia – UN World Tourism Organization |access-date=30 August 2016 |archive-date=20 September 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180920170939/http://cf.cdn.unwto.org/sites/all/files/pdf/best_practice_halal_life_indonesia.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref> A halal lifestyle can even involve professional practises ranging from industrial and manufacturing logistics to supply chains.<ref name=":3" />

=== Pharmaceuticals ===
Some Muslims refrain from using pharmaceuticals that are not halal. This distinction is most noticeably practiced in [[Malaysia]],<ref>{{cite web |title=Halal And Haram Medicines (Islamic Perspective) |url=http://www.myhealth.gov.my/en/halal-haram-medicines-islamic-perspective/ |website=PORTAL MyHEALTH |date=8 November 2016}}</ref> which has a large halal pharmaceutical industry, complete with government regulations to make sure the products are {{transliteration|ar|tayyib}}.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/332671712|title=Prospects of Halal Pharmaceuticals}}</ref> On the other hand, the Quran obliges Muslims to seek treatment, including preventive ones, for diseases regardless of what the care provider believes in.<ref name="AU">{{cite web |last1=Hussain |first1=Shadim |title=Why are some Muslims suspicious of a COVID-19 vaccine? |url=https://www.abc.net.au/religion/overcoming-muslim-reticence-toward-covid-vaccine/12927958 |website=ABC Religion & Ethics |language=en |date=27 November 2020}}</ref> In particular, medicines containing animal products like [[gelatin]] have been deemed permissible by a 1995 council of Islamic jurisprudents, making such distinction unnecessary.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.immunize.org/concerns/porcine.pdf |title=(Form letter EDB.7/3 P6/61/3) |publisher=World Health Organization, Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean |date=2001-07-17 |author=Gezairy HA |access-date=2009-05-12}}</ref> The decentralized nature of Islam allows both opinions to exist.

===Vaccines===
{{see also|Vaccination and religion}}
The controversy over pharmaceuticals has led to the refusal of childhood vaccination in some Muslim-majority countries,<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Ahmed |first1=Ali |last2=Lee |first2=Kah S. |last3=Bukhsh |first3=Allah |last4=Al-Worafi |first4=Yaser M. |last5=Sarker |first5=Md. Moklesur R. |last6=Ming |first6=Long C. |last7=Khan |first7=Tahir M. |title=Outbreak of vaccine-preventable diseases in Muslim majority countries |journal=Journal of Infection and Public Health |date=March 2018 |volume=11 |issue=2 |pages=153–155 |doi=10.1016/j.jiph.2017.09.007 |pmid=28988775 |doi-access=free}}</ref> despite many religious leaders expressly endorsing vaccination.<ref name="aap">{{cite web |title=Religious Views of Vaccination At-A-Glance |url=https://www.maineaap.org/assets/docs/Religious-Views-of-Vaccination-At-a-Glance.pdf |website=Maine Chapter, American Academy of Pediatrics}}</ref> It is also a concern in the rollout of the [[COVID-19 vaccine]].<ref name="AU" /><ref>{{cite web |title=Birmingham mosque becomes UK's first to offer Covid vaccine |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-birmingham-55752056 |website=BBC News |date=21 January 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Paddock |first1=Richard C. |title=Is the Vaccine Halal? Indonesians Await the Answer |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/05/world/asia/indonesia-sinovac-vaccine-halal.html |website=The New York Times |date=5 January 2021}}</ref>

=== Personal care ===
[[Feminine hygiene]] products and nappies have been certified as halal in Malaysia. Such certification is not required by the religion, nor is there a demand from Muslims. Critics{{who|date=May 2021}} consider such "unnecessary" certification as little more than a marketing [[gimmick]], e.g., halal labels on clearly vegetarian soft drinks or naturally grown food items like cereals, pulses, vegetables and processed foods made exclusively from vegetable products.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.salaamgateway.com/story/malaysian-company-says-halal-certification-for-its-diapers-sanitary-pads-signal-safety-and-quality-b|title=Malaysian company says halal certification for its diapers, sanitary pads signal safety and quality but experts question motives|first=Salaam|last=Gateway|website=Salaam Gateway - Global Islamic Economy Gateway}}</ref>{{unreliable source?|date=May 2021}}