Editing Halal (section)

==== Criticism ====
In Australia, [[Halal certification in Australia|halal food certification]] has been criticized by groups who claim that certifying foods as halal leads to consumers subsidizing a particular religious belief.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.smh.com.au/national/why-halal-certification-is-in-turmoil-20141227-12cmd3.html |title=Why halal certification is in turmoil |date=28 December 2014 |work=[[The Sydney Morning Herald]] |last=Johnson |first=Chris |access-date=8 January 2015}}</ref> [[Australian Federation of Islamic Councils]] spokesman [[Keysar Trad]] told a journalist in July 2014 that this was an attempt to exploit [[Islamophobia in Australia|anti-Muslim sentiments in Australia]].<ref name="Halal food outrage3">{{cite news |last1=Masanauskas |first1=John |date=18 July 2014 |title=Halal food outrage from anti-Islam critics |work=[[Herald Sun]] |url=http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/halal-food-outrage-from-antiislam-critics/story-e6frf7jo-1226992523050 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150427151510/http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/halal-food-outrage-from-antiislam-critics/story-e6frf7jo-1226992523050 |archive-date=2015-04-27 |access-date=4 January 2015}}</ref> A study in 2022 showed that halal certifications did not necessarily reflect the extent to which a halal product came about in whole, and called for greater means of assurance and transparent qualitative methods of halal certification.<ref name=":3">{{Cite journal |last=El Daouk |first=Mohamad |date=2022-01-01 |title=Introducing ḥalāl to construction supply chains in the UK's construction sector |url=https://doi.org/10.1108/JIMA-01-2022-0016 |journal=Journal of Islamic Marketing |pages=2385–2403 |volume=14 |issue=10 |doi=10.1108/JIMA-01-2022-0016 |s2cid=252059540 |issn=1759-0833}}</ref>