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Indonesia About to Introduce Draconian Islamic Certification Law

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Jun 07, 2016
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In December 2014, as one of its last actions before its term ended, Indonesia’s House of Representatives pushed through a law requiring halal labeling, or Islamic certification of food products and pharmaceuticals that had been hanging fire for eight years, primarily because of a flock of contentious provisions that critics say will damage the interests…

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