Germany: Waking up to halal market Germany has four million Muslim inhabitants but the market for halal food — produced according to Islamic law — is still in its infancy, partly because firms are fear the wrath of animal rights groups. But companies are slowly waking u to this fast-growing market. Gehlenberg is a sleepy village in northern Germany. It has a population of 1,600 and boasts a church, community hall, war memorial and a pub, along with a few wooden crosses by the roadside a