The Halal Frontier: Muslim Consumers in a Globalized Market - Contemporary Anthropology of ReligionIn The Halal Frontier, Johan Fischer shows that halal (literally lawful or permitted) is no longer an expression of esoteric forms of production, trade, and consumption, but part of an expanding globalized market. This book explores modern forms of halal understanding and practice in the halal consumption of middle class Malays in the diaspora.