Yamaguchi University in Japan will start offering a halal food menu from Oct. 2, enabling Muslim students to enjoy university cafeteria food with peace of mind.<\/p>\n
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Yamaguchi University in Japan will start offering a halal food menu from Oct. 2, enabling Muslim students to enjoy university cafeteria food with peace of mind.<\/p>\n
The new menu is overseen by the university’s cooperative association at all three of the institution’s campuses in Yamaguchi Prefecture.<\/p>\n
The aim is to provide a comfortable environment for Muslim students through the new halal menu and also through a prayer room located in the international exchange hall, where students can pray five times a day in accordance with their faith.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The word “halal” means “permissible” in Arabic, and halal food is prepared under strict Muslim rules such as zero use of alcohol.<\/p>\n
In May, some of the roughly 80 Muslim exchange students at the university had asked for a halal food menu to be provided, on the grounds that it is difficult to acquire halal ingredients in the prefecture.<\/p>\n
They had also asked for a prayer room to be set up.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The new menu consists of four items, namely green curry, yellow curry, chicken (massaman) curry and oven-baked chicken.<\/p>\n
The curry option is changed on a weekly basis, and costs 450 yen including tax.<\/p>\n
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