Ḥalāl linguistic meaning understanding among Non-Muslim in Malaysia
Kefahaman makna linguistik halal di kalangan Orang Bukan Islam di Malaysia
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https://doi.org/10.53840/alirsyad.v6i2.210الكلمات المفتاحية:
Ḥalāl، Discourse، Linguistic، Understanding، Non Muslim، Malaysiaالملخص
Ḥalāl discourse is not only familiar to Muslims but also to non-Muslims in Malaysia. This study discusses the response of non-Muslims to ḥalāl discourse with the objective of identifying the ḥalāl linguistic meaning among non-Muslims in Malaysia. The discussion of meaning is based on the language interpretation used in Sunni pragmatic research, such as how language is perceived as having either literal or figurative meanings based on Mohamed & Yunis (2013) and Russell (1940) approach that focuses on meaning and fact in his language theory. The data in the discussion related to the non-Muslims response towards 5 categories of ḥalāl implementation, namely ḥalāl food, ḥalāl certification, ḥalāl sign, ḥalāl name or brand of the product, and ḥalāl supply chain. The data were the controversial ḥalāl issues from 2014 to 2018 taken from local newspapers such as Star Online. The discussion demonstrates that the understanding of non-Muslims linguistically can be traced from the keywords, such as understanding, compliance, awareness,acceptance, and recognised, which have denotatively positive meanings. However, there are other words with denotatively negative meanings, such as confusion and sensitivity. The result also shows ḥalāl does not only concern Muslims but non-Muslims as well. In principle, Islam does not prohibit non-Muslims from consuming the products offered based on the guidelines recommended in Islam. The findings reveal that ḥalāl understanding in Malaysia still needs to be strengthened among non-Muslims. Therefore, the understanding and knowledge of ḥalāl implementation are the main pillars in maintaining the relationship between Muslims and non-Muslims in this society.
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