Social Constructs Halalan Thayyiban Food Law: A Social Scientific Study into the Insight of Muslim and Non-Muslim in Banten Indonesia

Abstract

The halal thayyib food law is a unified terminology, which is based
on the Qur’an. The level of understanding based on the opinions of Muslims
and non-Muslims should be mapped out to define the halal thayyib food law
as a social construct. It is important to determine the definition of halalan
thayyiban food law according to ideas, opinions, and experiences of the leaders
of Muslims and non-Muslims. This is not a theological study, and this study
is based on the sociological methodology of an abductive study. This study
adopted the qualitative data analysis using an in-depth interview to examine the
perception of Muslims and non-Muslims leaders in Banten province, Indonesia
on the halalan thayyiban food law. The result revealed that Muslims and non-
Muslims have different definitions of ḥalāl food. However, their understanding
of thayyib food has the same basic constructs related to goodness in preprocessing,
during, and post-processing of food.