What's the Muslim equivalent of "hecksher"?

[Mark Mandel]

A Muslim colleague tells me that there is no specific term for a
certification of halal status. So

kosher : hecksher :: halal : [none]

m a m

On Mon, Jan 18, 2010 at 8:30 PM, Mark Mandel <thnidu at gmail.com> wrote:

> My son and daughter just brought home an interesting package of cookies
> from a Vietnamese supermarket in South Philadelpha (Hung Vuong). The
> labeling includes
>
> ==========
> Product of Taiwan
>
> I-MEI
> CREAM WAFERS
> Coffee
> Gaufrettes De Crème de Café
> (Chinese that's probably parallel but which I'm not prepared to input here)
> ==========
>
> and then this, which is the real fun part:
>
> Supervised
> By The Juridical
> Body Of The Chinese
> Muslim Association
> Taichung
> Mosque Taiwan
>
> -- in an oval, between a crescent moon on the right, a 5-pointed star on
> the left, and HALAL below in Roman letters and above in Arabic.
>
> In Judaism the corresponding item is called a "hecksher" or "hechsher", and
> there are thousands of different ones in use worldwide.* What term(s)
> is/used for a certification that food is halal?
>
> *http://www.hechshers.info/shapes/index.htm
>
> http://www.thenibble.com/reviews/kosher/lifestyle/kosher-certifying-standards.asp
> http://www.faqs.org/faqs/judaism/FAQ/11-Miscellaneous/section-20.html
> http://www.kashrusmagazine.com/
>
> m a m
>
>

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