A delegation of the Meshihat of the Islamic Community in Croatia, led by Mufti Academic Aziz ef. Hasanović, today visited the Chairman of the Management Board of Vindija d.d., Mr Nenad Klepač.

Mufti Hasanović expressed his gratitude for the warm reception and recalled the late Mr Dragutin Drk, the long-time owner of Vindija d.d., who led the company for more than 50 years and was a prominent business leader in the Republic of Croatia, with whom the Islamic Community had established a long-standing and successful cooperation.

At the premises of the Centre for Halal Quality Certification, the acting head, Mr Muhamed Mandžić, received an official visit from a representative of the Turkish national minority of the City of Zagreb, Mr Bari Ahmedija. During the meeting, they discussed possibilities for cooperation, including the promotion of halal standards, connecting Turkish entrepreneurs with halal-certified companies in Croatia, and organising joint cultural and educational activities.

The director of the Yunus Emre Institute in Zagreb, Mr Fuat Korkmaz, and the attaché for religious affairs at the Embassy of the Republic of Turkey, Mr Ahmed Hamdi Šošoglu, visited the Centre for Halal Quality Certification. The aim of this visit was to establish and strengthen cooperation between the Centre and institutions in the Republic of Turkey. The discussions focused on key aspects related to halal accreditations, certification processes, and the standardisation of procedures of mutual interest to both sides.

Today, a ceremony for the awarding of halal quality certificates to representatives of the agricultural estate Orehovec was held at the Islamic Centre Zagreb. The ceremony was attended by: the president of the Meshihat, mufti academic Dr Aziz ef. Hasanović; the president of the Centre’s Management Board, Dr Mirza Šabić; the secretary of the Meshihat, MSc Nermin ef. Botonjić; and Centre employees Enisa Botonjić and Muhamed Mandžić.

As part of their working visit to the Republic of Indonesia, the delegation of the Meshihat of the Islamic Community in Croatia, led by Mufti Academic Aziz ef. Hasanović, visited BPJPH (the Halal Product Assurance Organising Agency).

BPJPH is an organisational unit under the auspices of the Ministry of Religious Affairs of the Republic of Indonesia, and its core mission is to ensure halal products and services within the territory of the Republic of Indonesia, both from domestic producers and from importers from other countries.