Understanding Halal leisure: a preliminary view

ABSTRACT

This research note discusses why and how the conventional description of leisure makes positioning Halal leisure difficult for researchers and practitioners and then identifies four leisure zones based on the overall consensus of Islamic teachings, cultural tolerance of Islamic societies, and localized/regionalised interpretations of Islamic scriptures. In doing so, this paper contributes to enhancing the nascent understanding of the position of leisure in Islam, considering religious and socio-political factors. For practitioners, this research note alludes to the emergence of Halal-hybrid leisure spaces where Muslims’ religious and cultural identities continuously evolve to accommodate traditionally Westernised leisure habits.

KEYWORDS:

• Halal
• Halal leisure
• Halal tourism
• Muslims
• Islam

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Salman Yousaf

Salman Yousaf is currently serving as an Assistant Professor at the College of Business Administration, Sharjah University, UAE. Previously he has been affiliated with Wenzhou Kean University, PRC, and Bahauddin Zakariya University Multan, Pakistan. He also served as a post-doctoral research fellow at the School of Management, Fudan University, Shanghai. His research focuses on the co-subjectivity of the Marketing discipline, particularly the application of social concepts in the nation branding and destination marketing domains, and the contemporariness of religious beliefs and their practicability and relevance in the development of theoretical models of marketing and heritage/ethnic tourism. His research work has appeared in prestigious international journals.