Vol. 1 No. 1 (2021): Volume 1 Issue 1 (2021 Fall) Journal of Interdisciplinary Food Studies/ Cilt 1 Sayı 1 (2021): Cilt 1 Sayı 1 (2021 Güz) Disiplinlerarası Gıda Çalışmaları Dergisi (original) (raw)

The Progress of Halal Food Trend in the United Kingdom

Journal of Interdisciplinary Food Studies (Disiplinlerarası Gıda Çalışmaları Dergisi), 2021

The scopes of halal and haram encompass the entire life of Muslim believers covering marital issues, financial matters, devotional practices, raiment, adornment as well as food and beverages. During the initial era of Islam, the Qur'an and sunna established the core halal regulations, specifically those against consuming pork, blood, carrion, and alcohol. Throughout the time, scholars (mujtahīd) and legal experts have derived more elaborated and detailed regulations from these two fundamental textual sources regarding the science of jurisprudence (usūl al-fiqh). The regulations regarding the scope of halal food and the possibility of halal food production in non-Muslim countries directed scholars to issue legal opinions (fatwā) related to the halal foods. The needs of Muslims living in Europe and North America have played important roles to arouse Westerner's interest regarding the theoretical concept of halal and its practical application in various areas including food sector. The increasing demand for halal food among Muslim consumers leads enactment of new regulations, introduction of new certification systems, and construction of various delivery industries in the non-Muslim Western countries with the influence of globalisation. The article aims to examine how Muslim immigrants succeed to integrate their religious identity with British food culture and how they influenced the UK food production and consumption systems in a way that suit their specific supply and demand. The research gives a scrutinised explanation regarding the definition of halal food and sheds light on the reasons for the development of halal food production in European countries generally, the UK specifically. The deep analysis of the connection between halal food, religious commitment, and cultural adaptation amongst Muslims who live in non-Muslim Western countries offers new perceptions to evaluate and understand the interests of non-Muslim operated food companies towards halal food production.

Halal food consumption- A comparative study:anzmac2011

The Halal market literature reveals that different interpretations of what Muslim considers the meaning of halal is the main challenge to understand the Muslim market. However, there is no empirical research being done to discover the statement. Therefore, this research will find out the assumption of the dissimilarity of Muslims consumers across different ethnicity to describe the basic process of purchase intention towards Halal food products. Specifically, this research examines the difference between Arab Muslims and Non Arab Muslims in terms of the level of religiosity and Halal perception. The result finds that the level of religiosity and Halal perception among Non Arab Muslims is higher compared to Arab Muslims and shows that Non Arab Muslims are more careful when purchasing food products compared to Arab Muslims.

Halal in the Food Industry Around the Globe

Journal of Halal Science and Technology

The concept of Halal is well understood and practiced Muslims. Muslims are restricted to only consuming foods that are certified as Halal. However, today, the consumption of Halal food is no longer regarded only as a religious obligation for Muslims, but is also sought after by non-Muslim society due to the rising health concern as Halal foods are often classified as ones that have high quality from the perspectives of safety and hygiene. The fact that there are already 1.9 billion Muslims in the globe is indisputable proof that the halal food sector is promising for both Muslim and non-Muslim participants in the industry. Many Muslim-minority countries, such as New Zealand, Canada, the United Kingdom (UK), Australia, the United States of America (USA), India, and Argentina are also exporting Halal foods to foreign countries as they believe that this can generate substantial revenue for them. Nevertheless, low awareness of the concept of halal, uncertainties regarding the ingredient...

Challenges to The Halal Industry: A Study on The Legal Acceptance from Some Non-Muslim Countries

International Journal of Academic Research in Business and Social Sciences, 2021

The Global Halal Industry is under threat and proactive action is needed to arrest the threat. The global halal industry is worth USD2.3-trillion. However, it is poised to decline in the coming years for it faces many challenges. In the West, the issue is not stunning animals before slaughter, in China, the Chinese authorities are battling to erase halal signs displayed on restaurants and in India, it is the Jhatka food industry. Since 2015, the Jhatka industry is gaining support from the majority Hindu population who feel that the minority Muslim population have imposed their religious practices on the majority Hindus, who regard the halal way of slaughtering is haram according to Hindu standards. The objective of the study is to examine all the opposition to the halal industry and suggest ways to minimize the adverse effects of the opposition. This study employed library research methods. Data was gathered mainly through newspaper reports published in the last 5 years. It was analyzed by examining the current trends in the meat industry and the reasons for introducing the Jhatka system of slaughter. It was found out that the Hindu revivalism and the perceived need for a more humane way of slaughtering animals by the West, as the main causes for the opposition. While nothing much can be done to religious claims of Hindus, it is proposed that the Halal industry introduces a mild form of stunning to place the animal in a semiconscious state before slaughter, while remainly true to Islamic standards.

The Islamic consumer and the halal market

Despite the growing number of research papers dealing with Islamic consumption and the Islamic marketing themes, concepts like the Islamic consumer and what was used to be called the 'halal' market rise a considerable controversy. Through a literature review relating different theoretical perspectives such as postmodernism, Islamism and its effects on market places, this paper aims to improve our knowledge about the Islamic consumer behaviour and the new emergence of 'halal' market. Opposite to the mainstream thought, this paper argues that being a Muslim does not necessarily involve being an Islamic consumer. Therefore, the Islamic consumer is likely the consumer who seeks to consume some specific products and services that create and symbolise a particular Islamic social identity. This paper is almost the first to establish a clear definition of the Islamic consumer and also of the 'halal' market, distinguishing between the Islamic consumer and the Muslim consumer.

The acceptance of halal food in non-Muslim countries

Journal of Islamic Marketing, 2019

Purpose International restaurant and fast food chains such as KFC, McDonald’s and Subway currently serve halal food in some non-Muslim countries, with mixed results. The purpose of this paper is to identify the factors that most influence the product judgements of halal food amongst non-Muslim consumers in non-Muslim countries and to assess the extent to which these judgements are related to willingness to consume halal food. Design/methodology/approach A quantitative survey method was adopted, using a total sample of 1,100 consumers in Canada, Spain and the UK. The proposed model was tested using structural equation modelling. Findings The results suggest that it may be possible for firms to satisfy specific niche market segments with standardised mass market products. Consumer cosmopolitanism and non-Muslim religious identity were found to be positively related to halal product judgement, and consumer ethnocentrism and national identification were negatively related to halal produ...

The Importance of Halal to Muslim Consumers: Are They Powerful Stakeholders?

2014

Despite the importance of halal to Muslims, issues of forge certificates and logo or closure of premises due to unhygienic productions still occurs. As a stakeholder, Muslim consumers should be able to exercise their power when they considered the halal issues are very important to them. Since halal is sensitively related to religiousness, this study employed a qualitative approach using open-ended surveys. It is divided into two, where in the first survey which nothing related to halal was mentioned to avoid their judgments be influenced by researchers’ idea. Findings of this study indicated that Muslim did not necessarily react accordingly to what they beliefs in purchasing food products. Due to that, it would be easy for companies to disregards their needs and demands. This is due to their power are weak when they failed to demonstrate how it is very important for them to consume halal food products.

The Global Development of Halal Food Industry: A Survey

This study aims to observe the existence of Halal food industry in developed and developing countries, and ways to increase the acceptance towards Halal products from non-Moslem societies. The approach is based on observation of the business environment of Halal food industry, online research and analysis of papers in journals. The finding indicates that although developed countries have less Moslem but the market share for Halal food is high. Countries with less Moslem population namely Thailand, United Kingdom and Australia can capture the opportunity of Halal food in the global market. Thus, most of Halal food exporters are coming from there. Halal food industry can be a catalyst to develop other potential sectors who get the negative impact from economic crisis in a country with less Moslem population. Countries namely Thailand, Australia, United Kingdom and Japan have applied commercial farm in their supply management to support their Halal food production. Furthermore, the awareness of consuming Halal food also come from non-Moslem due to the safer and freshness of the food. Hence it is important for producer to promote Halal food as being safety-compliant.