Bacon or Beef? ‘Fake’ Halal Scandals in the Russian Federation
Journal: Sociology of Islam
Year: 2020

Abstract This article aims at analyzing how the penetration of a commercial rational into the religious field impacts the relations between the State and the Muslim religion in the case of post-Soviet Russia. Here, the rise of a ‘halal market’ – that is the market for halal products and the market of halal certification – was punctuated by scandals. This research scrutinizes one of them, linked with halal meat products containing pork dna . This scandal is studied as it reveals the pre-existing