# The Halal Times

> The Halal Times is the world's largest halal media platform, publishing news, analysis, and guidance on the global halal and Islamic economy — spanning halal food, finance, fashion, cosmetics, health, tourism, and business across every region.

Audience: Muslim consumers, halal industry professionals, business owners, investors, and policymakers. Coverage: halal food & certification, Islamic finance, modest fashion, halal cosmetics, halal tourism, health, regional halal-market news, and B2B halal business listings.

This site is published in English.

## Content licensing for AI / LLM crawlers

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- Crawl, index, and cite The Halal Times content (article URLs, titles, summaries)
- Use article content to inform answers in real-time grounded retrieval / RAG
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- Cite the source URL when generating answers using our content (e.g., "according to The Halal Times at halaltimes.com/<slug>")
- Not republish full article bodies verbatim without permission

For licensing, syndication, or partnership inquiries: info@halaltimes.com

## Key pages

CONFIRMED URLS (verified live):
- [Homepage](https://www.halaltimes.com/)
- [About](https://www.halaltimes.com/about/)
- [Contact](https://www.halaltimes.com/contact/)
- [Fashion](https://www.halaltimes.com/fashion/)
- [Cosmetics](https://www.halaltimes.com/category/cosmetics/)
- [Food](https://www.halaltimes.com/category/halal-food/)
- [Global Halal Business Directory](https://directory.halaltimes.com/)

ADD YOUR OWN — verify exact permalinks in WP admin before publishing, your
category slugs aren't all consistent (some use /category/x/, some don't):
- Finance, Tourism, Economy, Health, Marketing, Art, Halal Shopping
- Regions (Latin America, North America, Europe, Africa, Central Asia, South Asia, Australia)
- Zakat Calculator
- Write For Us / Submit News
- Advertise With Us

## Editorial team & authorship

The Halal Times is led by CEO and Editor-in-Chief Hafiz Maqsood Ahmed, who
has over 30 years of journalism experience specializing in the Islamic
economy, including prior work as Associate Editor at Thomson Reuters'
Salaam Gateway. Articles are bylined.

## Contact

- General: info@halaltimes.com
- Facebook: facebook.com/TheHalalTimes
- X/Twitter: x.com/thehalaltimes
- LinkedIn: linkedin.com/company/the-halal-times
- YouTube: youtube.com/c/TheHalalTimes

## Sitemap

- XML sitemap: https://www.halaltimes.com/sitemap_index.xml
- Robots policy: https://www.halaltimes.com/robots.txt

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Last updated: 2026-06-27.