Meet Zilzar, the Islamic world's answer to Amazon

Amazon and China’s Alibaba made ecommerce huge; now, it seems every other website is selling and delivering products all over the world. But despite a serious thirst for online sales among the global Muslim community – the Muslim consumer market has been estimated to be worth one trillion USD – a true, Amazon-esque ecommerce giant from the Muslim world has yet to emerge.

To remedy this, Islamic finance expert Rushdi Siddiqui launched Zilzar.com, the first Islamic online platform to offer news, events, and deals on halalproducts at the global level. The platform publishes content on Islamic societies and products, as well as deals and offers that comply with the provisions of the Islamic Sharia law.

Zilzar officially launched during the World Islamic Economic Forum (WIEF), in an announcement by Malaysia’s prime minister Najib Razak, who stated that the halal products market is “crying out for connectivity.”

Original article by Safar Ayad

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Meet Zilzar, the Islamic world’s answer to Amazon