'Abqoriyyah al-hadharah al-mishriyyah al-qadimah

Sesuai dengan judulnya buku ini menjelaskan keistimewaan yang ada pada masa permulaan Mesir. Pembahasannya meliputi: khalifah tarikhiyah, nadzharah falsafiyyah, al-'adalah wa al-qanun, dan lain-lai

Kitabu al Ummah 119: Auqafu al Ri'ayati al Shahiyah fi al Mujtama'i al Islami

182 hal.; 18 cm

Serving a heterogeneous Muslim identity? Private governance arrangements of halal food in the Netherlands

The consumption of halal food may be seen as an expression of the Muslim identity. Within Islam, different interpretations of ‘halal’ exist and the pluralistic Muslim community requests diverse halal standards. Therefore, adaptive governance arrangements are needed in the halal food market. Globalization and industrialization have complicated the governance of halal food. A complex network of halal governors has developed from the local to the global level. In this paper, we analyze to what extent halal certification bodies in the Netherlands address the needs of the Muslim community and how they are influenced by international halal governance. The Netherlands serves as a case study with its growing Muslim community and its central position in international trade. The data comes from literature review and eleven qualitative semi-structured interviews with the most prominent actors in the Dutch halal governance system. Our analysis shows that the halal governance system in the Netherlands is weakly institutionalized and hardly adaptive to the needs of a heterogeneous Muslim community. Improvements are needed concerning stakeholder engagement, transparency, accessibility, impartiality and efficiency

Friends or freeloaders? Encouraging brand conscience and introducing the concept of emotion-based consumer loss mitigation

Increasingly, brands are able to embed themselves in consumer brand- centric communities. Subsequently, through networks and socialisation processes, convergences around a brand serve as conduits for defining meaning and identity. Using a methodological approach drawing from inductive reasoning and syllogisms, as a basis for conceptual metaphor theory and critical discourse analysis, evidence is gathered from literature reviews – supported by anecdotal evidence, personal observations and experiences. From this, the authors examine the positioning of brands within brand communities, exploring how they can add meaning and authenticity to their consumer- centric friendships. A proposed test of this friendship lies in how brands respond to consumers, when relationships fall short of expectations, and subsequently how these are addressed. The position of the authors is that the more those brands push themselves towards friendships, consumers will respond by expecting some form of loss mitigation, associated more with the intangible aspects of that brand – led by experiential elements and reputation. In the light of this, brands should consider their role in maintaining friendships, beyond consumption-based loyalty and CSR – towards developing a demonstrable Brand Conscience, supported by stakeholders. Furthermore, new thinking suggests that brands should attempt to mitigate the non-functional and emotional losses that consumers may feel, supported by a Brand Conscience