Saleh Abdullah Lootah, Managing Director of Al Islami Foods, stated that the $1 trillion (AED3.68 trillion) global Islamic finance industry finds itself in the process of developing a road-map to gather $651 billion (AED2.4 trillion) halal market.
The statement was given during the 8th Kuala Lumpur Islamic Finance Forum 2011 (KLIFF), organized by the Centre for Research and Training (CERT), where Al Islami was the only halal food company from the Middle East invited to the international event.