From 25 to 26 December this year the walls of the building of the Religious Board of Muslims of the European part of Russia, the International Centre for Standardization and Certification "Halal" of the Council of Muftis of Russia held training courses in the following areas:

1.) "Fundamentals of Islam. Canonical basis of "Halal" and "Haram". Fundamentals of Islamic finance. "

2.) "Principles of food safety. Food Ingredients. General requirements for the production and sale of products and services "Halal". Standard "Halal".

The courses were organized for auditors working in halal producing enterprises from different regions of Russia. Mr. Yusuf Rikov, head of office for development of the standard "Halal", postgraduate student of All-Russian Research Institute of Meat Industry held a seminar on the canonical bases for halal and haram. Another seminar was devoted to the general requirements for the production and sale of products and services "Halal", according to the developed standard "Halal" of the Council of Muftis of Russia and the "requirements of the standard" Halal" by industry. Yusuf Rikov described how the process of standardization and certification of meat, dairy, confectionery, and cosmetics perfumes and services in the field of Halal is implemented.

Seminar on "Fundamentals of Islamic Finance" was held by Madina Kalimullina, PhD. in Economics, director of Economic Department of Council of Muftis of Russia.

The need to introduce the topic in the training program was due to the growing interest of halal producing enterprises to the issues of Islamic finance. The seminar addressed the preconditions of development of Islamic banking and its transformation over time, particularly contracts of raising funds and financing, warranties, used in Islamic banks.

On December 26 the listeners of the course received certificates. The certificates were haned in by Rushan hazrat Abbyasov, the head of administration of the Council of Muftis of Russia, who noted the importance of continuous training professionals in all industries. Mr. Aidar haji Gazizov, director General of ICSC Halal expressed hope that the knowledge gained in the course will serve for the benefit of improving efficiency, and the development of voluntary certification of halal as a whole.

Source: MuslimEco.ru