Halal certification is purely religious: Where does it stop and why is the Govt of India even allowing it

Does the Akal Takht give its stamp and certification to consumer goods in exchange for a fee? Do companies need to pay the Vatican to have their products cleared for consumption by Christians? Does the Dalai Lama issue his stamp and seal to products that are to be used by Tibetan Buddhists? And where do Hindus even apply?

A lot of discussions have been going on over the Halal certification issue. In previous articles we have explained how the Halal meat industry practises discrimination against non-Muslims and eventually cuts off non-Muslims from jobs and employment, just to maintain the religious requirements of the Halal process.

Many companies, Islamists, and Halal proponents have clarified that the Halal certificate is also there for non-meat products like vegetarian food items, cosmetics and other FMCG goods. There have been claims from some elements that Halal certification is just a certification for ‘purity and authenticity’, and a Halal certification (on non-meat products) does simply imply that the product is ‘good’. 

If we start accepting Halal certificates on products, does that mean the existing government certifications on consumer products like ISI, and FSSAI are not enough? Is there a transparent, scientific and well-defined method that decides the so-called purity, or goodness of the products? The answer will be no because Halal certification is issued by religious Islamic organisations, for example, the Jamiat Ulama-e-Hind in India, whose areas of speciality include providing legal assistance to terrorists and murderers.

It is futile, and even unfair to an extent to target private companies that have sought the Halal certificate to market their products, to Muslims. The onus of the issue is on the government, to either mandate that the government certification is enough for any company to sell their goods or explain why they have allowed a particular community to demand a parallel certification mechanism in a so-called secular country.

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