Launched in October 2015, Salaam Gateway is the world’s leading news and insights platform on the
global Islamic economy.
We cover sectors across Islamic finance, halal, and Islamic lifestyle, with an eye on key producer
and consumer markets.
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Welcome to Salaam Gateway
Pulse of the Global Islamic Economy
What is the Islamic Economy?
Muslim consumers globally, while culturally diverse and geographically distributed, drive a cohesive
multi-trillion-dollar market opportunity across a range of lifestyle products and services, impacted
by Islamic faith-inspired ethical needs, and collectively being referred here as the “Islamic
Economy.”
The Islamic Economy is defined as "sectors whose core products/ services are structurally affected
by Islamic ethics and law," driving the faith-inspired ethical consumption needs of the 1.8 billion
Muslim consumers worldwide (source: State of the Global Islamic Economy Report 2019/20/
DinarStandard)
This Islamic economy, also referred to as the halal economy, directly impacts the following seven
sectors: food, finance, clothing, tourism, media and recreation, pharmaceuticals and cosmetics.
SalaamGateway.com has grouped these seven sectors into three pillars: Halal Industry (food, pharma,
cosmetics), Islamic Finance, and Islamic Lifestyle (modest fashion, tourism, media and recreation)