{"id":21164,"date":"2019-04-19T15:56:53","date_gmt":"2019-04-19T07:56:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.namnewsnetwork.org\/?p=21164"},"modified":"2019-04-19T15:56:55","modified_gmt":"2019-04-19T07:56:55","slug":"halal-issues-dominate-talks-during-malaysian-ministers-overseas-visit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/?p=21164","title":{"rendered":"Halal Issues Dominate Talks During Malaysian Minister&#8217;s Overseas Visit"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><br><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>KUALA LUMPUR, April 19 (NNN-BERNAMA) &#8212; Minister in the Prime Minister\u2019s Department Dr Mujahid Yusof Rawa (pix) Friday concluded an eight-day working visit to Jordan, Turkey and Bosnia Herzegovina, during which talks on halal issues took centre stage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mujahid exchanged views with his counterparts in the three countries with the aim of improving bilateral ties, the Minister\u2019s Office in the Prime Minister\u2019s Department said in a statement Friday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;During his two-day visit to Jordan, the minister made a courtesy call on Dr Abdel Naser Mousa Abul Bassal, the Minister of Waqaf, Islamic Affairs and Holy Places. They exchanged views on the respective ideas being promoted by the two countries, \u2018Rahmatan Lil A\u2019lamin\u2019 and \u2018Amman Message\u2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;The minister also held a town hall session and presented a public lecture entitled \u2018Islamic Al-Manhaj (Approach) in Malaysia\u2019 at Mu\u2019tah University,&#8221; said the statement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In Turkey, Mujahid called on its minister of trade and held a joint meeting with the deputy trade minister and Halal Agency of Turkey (HAK) director.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>During the meeting, various issues on halal matters were discussed, in particular how to forge cooperation in relation to the halal industry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In Turkey, Mujahid also visited the Islamic Affairs Department, an agency under the Turkish president\u2019s office, and exchanged views on the administration of Islamic affairs in the two countries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>During the two-day visit to Turkey, he also visited the Standards and Metrology Institute for Islamic Countries (SMIIC) at the World Trade Centre in Istanbul, where he was greeted by SMIIC secretary-general Ihsan Ovut.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Malaysia is a board member of SMIIC, which is responsible for coordinating and promoting the halal certificate in OIC member countries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As Malaysia is a world leader in halal certificate standards, the minister exchanged views with SMIIC on technology and Malaysia\u2019s halal certificate in OIC countries, the statement said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mujahid then visited Bosnia Herzegovina to fulfill an invitation to attend the Sarajevo Business Forum (SBF) 2019, where he was given the honour of becoming a panel member for the first session together with Turkey\u2019s Vice-President Fuar Oktay, Bosnia Herzegovina Foreign Minister Igor Crnadok, Montenegro\u2019s Labour and Social Welfare Minister Kemal Purisic, and Moroccan minister Lahcen Daoudi.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mujahid also delivered a public lecture entitled \u201cIslam as Deen Rahmatan Lil Alamin via Maqasid Syariah: The Malaysian Model\u201d at Sarajevo University.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;It is hoped that the close ties between Malaysia and Bosnia will help Malaysians penetrate the markets in southeastern Europe,\u201d the statement said. 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