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CrescentRating

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A Singapore-based research organisation on halal travel that publishes rankings, founded by Fazal Bahardeen in 2008; since 2015 it has published the Global Muslim Travel Index with Mastercard, and it launched the HalalTrip website in 2013.

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Region
Southeast Asia · Global / Diaspora
Identifiers
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The halal economy

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On Wikipedia in:en (read on 2026-11-06)

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Summary

CrescentRating is a Singapore-based research organisation that studies halal travel and publishes rankings of it. 1 Fazal Bahardeen founded it in 2008, seeing a need in tourism to accommodate Muslim travellers better; it began by rating establishments on their compatibility with Muslim requirements. 1

The index

From 2011 to 2014 it released an annual country list, which in 2015, with Mastercard, became the Global Muslim Travel Index; the 2023 report added a tool on Muslim-women-friendly destinations. 1

Apps and partnerships

In August 2013 it launched an app giving prayer times and direction, and in December 2013 HalalTrip.com. 1 Since April 2016 it has worked with the Philippine Department of Tourism, has produced studies for the OIC, and hosts the annual Halal in Travel Awards. 1

References

  • Wikipedia, "CrescentRating", revision 1351643886. 1

People and things also explored

Islamic banks and conventional banks — the difference, the doubts and the performance· Accounting and Auditing Organization for Islamic Financial Institutions (AAOIFI)· Halal Product Assurance Organizing Agency (BPJPH, Halal Indonesia)· Halal Development Corporation (HDC)· Islamic Financial Services Board (IFSB)· International Islamic Trade Finance Corporation (ITFC)· Department of Islamic Development Malaysia (JAKIM)· Majlis Ugama Islam Singapura (MUIS)

Sources

  1. CrescentRating — English Wikipedia
  • Wikidata
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