Faith-centered novels by Muslim writers received niche marketing labels like ‘halal’.

Evidence

The Sudanese diaspora writer Leila Aboulela’s debut novel The Translator was published to critical praise in 1999, with Britain’s Muslim News announcing that it was “the first halal … novel written in English” on account of its foregrounding of issues of Islamic faith in the life and choices of its central protagonist. — Peter Morey, Islamophobia and the Novel, 471

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: A market exists that rewards fiction reproducing existing views of Muslims. — Peter Morey, Islamophobia and the Novel, 24; A global literary market for Muslim writers shapes what can be written — Peter Morey, Islamophobia and the Novel, 440; Muslim writers must negotiate a literary market for the Muslim — Peter Morey, Islamophobia and the Novel, 440
• yield-rescued: below the book’s yield-target cutoff, included anyway for connecting to: A market exists that rewards fiction reproducing existing views of Muslims. — Peter Morey, Islamophobia and the Novel, 24; A global literary market for Muslim writers shapes what can be written — Peter Morey, Islamophobia and the Novel, 440; Muslim writers must negotiate a literary market for the Muslim — Peter Morey, Islamophobia and the Novel, 440