Muslim Food and Halal Certification in Taiwan

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  • 台湾ムスリムの食文化をめぐる交渉と創造
  • 台湾ムスリムの食文化をめぐる交渉と創造 : 清真、ハラール、ムスリム・フレンドリー
  • タイワン ムスリム ノ ショク ブンカ オ メグル コウショウ ト ソウゾウ : セイ シン 、 ハラール 、 ムスリム ・ フレンドリー
  • <i>Qingzhen</i>, Halal, and Muslim-friendly
  • 清真、ハラール、ムスリム・フレンドリー

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<p>With an increasing awareness of the global halal market, both Muslim and non-Muslim service providers have started to adopt strategies targeting Muslim consumers in recent years. This paper briefly reviews the development of halal certification in Taiwan and its domestic and international background chronologically, specifying two epochs that bring convergence and diversification among actors, certification, and information about the halal industry. In addition, by comparing the requirements and conditions for 'Muslim restaurant (MR)' and 'Muslim-friendly restaurant (MFR)' certification, this paper explores the basic concepts of halal certification in the Taiwanese context. It empirically describes the practices of certification bodies, a semigovernment organization, and service providers, and discusses the overlaps and gaps between qingzhen, halal, and Muslim-friendly concepts and practices in Taiwan, focusing on the process of implementing halal certification for products, restaurants, and services, in addition to the food choices of Hui Muslims. It suggests that halal certification has been expanded to the global market through collaboration between Muslim and non-Muslim actors with domestic and international interests, and furthermore that halal certification connects and differentiates between 'us' and 'others.'</p> <p>In Taiwan, the term qingzhen as equivalent to the term halal was first used in the mid-2000s. Hui people rarely use the word 'halal' or the phonetic equivalents of the original Arabic term such as hala (哈拉), rather prefer to use qingzhen, meaning 'Islam,' 'Islamic,' or 'Muslim,' before halal certification. The use of the terms qingzhen and halal has been negotiated through the institutionalization of halal food management.</p> <p>(View PDF for the rest of the abstract.)</p>

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