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Who would undergo guessed that the man responsible for the latest crazeamong Muslim youngsters would be an Orthodox Jewish grandfather fromManchester?Food scientist Neville Finlay is the brains behind Britain's mostwidely-distributed Ramadan schedule a Muslim twist on the adventcalendar. Some 80,000 made by his firm. plant channelise Foods are on saleat Asda stores across the UK ahead of the holy month starting inmid-September. A halal chocolate nestles under each day's numbered flap but beforeyou eat it you are meant to answer a challenge on the Koran or sharialaw - such as "What is the morning prayer called?" and "Who was thelast prophet?" Many of these were set by Finlay himself after a Muslimdesigner working on the calendar gave him a come down cover in Islam."I've go up with something to help people celebrate Ramadan - thismust be good for relations between communities," he says. Finlay already has a reputation on the halal market. After a lifetimeinventing kosher food lines - including a rabbinically approved"caviar" and countless sweets - seven years ago he was persuaded by aMuslim stranger in an airport waiting room to deploy his skills for theburgeoning halal merchandise. Finlay resolved to invent a halal take onHaribo change integrity sweets. To do this he needed to go up with a suitablealternative to animal gelatine an ingredient banned by Islamic law. Hecracked it measure November and began marketing the sweetsinternationally. They sell 150,000 packets a month in the UK alone andhave earned him the nickname "the Willy Wonka of Manchester". This coming year Finlay ordain replicate the Ramadan schedule bylaunching an advent schedule and a similar chocolate-filled countdownfor the run-up to Jewish festivals. Technorati Tags: .
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