In 2011, the Indian state made it mandatory to label all packaged food products to indicate whether they are vegetarian (green/veg) or non-vegetarian (brown/non-veg). Given the rise of a consumer culture relying on super/hypermarkets, these labels are now ubiquitous on packaging throughout...

This paper explores Malaysia's bid to become the world leader in rapidly expanding halal (lawful or permitted) markets on a global scale. Over the last three decades, a powerful state nationalism has emerged, represented by the United Malays National Organisation (UMNO), the dominant political...

Within the last couple of decades, new types of religious logos have emerged. Notably, halal (in Arabic, halal literally means "permissible" or "lawful") logos are increasingly appearing on products, certificates, websites as well as in restaurants, shops, and advertisements globally. However,...

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Acknowledgements -- List of contributors -- Introduction: studying the politics of global halal markets / Florence Bergeaud-Blackler, Johan Fischer and John Lever -- Re-imagining Malaysia : a postliberal halal strategy? / John Lever -- From an implicit to an explicit understanding : new...