Assalamualaikum, Dear Brothers and Sisters: The following is an URGENT appeal to all MUSLIMS worldwide to sign a petition which will insha'Allah help forward our case to National and International Governments to officially recognize the "Halal Trademark". PLEASE, PLEASE for the sake of Allah and for the benefit of "Your" future, please take a moment to sign it, support it and then pass it on. This is OUR Case (Struggle). Let's be united in this case. We need to stand up for our very own rights! If we won't then no one will. The following is a petition to internationally recognize the "Halal Trademark" that guarantees a product which complies with the Islamic Sacred Law the (Shariah). Please do take a few minutes off your time to read, sign, send, and then pass the following address to all Muslims local and abroad. This will surely affect every male/female Muslim in the world. Please try and fight for your rights to have Halal recognized products worldwide. If Napster can secure 100,000 signatures to stay online then what's 5 million between 1.3 billion Muslims?? Please do sign and secure a Halal future for our tomorrow. I hope that you will take a minute to sign, send, and then pass the following address to all Muslims local and abroad. http://www.petitiononline.com/Hallal/petition.html Wasalaam. May Allah reward you all! P.S. Lets try to get 10 million signatures by 30th October. Inshallah its not impossible. Try and forward this email to as many as possible. Were hoping to take this case to the European Union. As they do not "recognise" the word 'Halal' in the EU foodAct....as they told a fellow Muslim. Thank you for your time... CIRCULATE THIS TO AS Many MUSLIMS YOU KNOW. PLEASE PLEASE......... THANK YOU. JazaKalla hKhair. Thanks & regards, Ismail Poonawala Professor of Arabic & Islamic Studies UCLA Los Angeles, CA 90095