Minority Muslim Resilience Strategy in Access to Halal Food in Manado City
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halal, minority, resilience, Manado, inclusionAbstract
This study explores how Muslim minority communities in Manado, Indonesia, navigate the challenge of accessing halal food in a predominantly non-Muslim sociocultural environment. Despite Indonesia being the world's largest Muslim-majority nation, regional disparities reveal gaps in halal availability, especially in minority contexts. Using a qualitative case study approach, this research draws on in-depth interviews with 29 Muslim respondents and field observations to analyze the adaptive strategies employed to maintain religious dietary obligations. The findings identify three core strategies: (1) reliance on official halal certification and labeling; (2) symbolic recognition through Islamic cultural cues such as attire, language, and signage; and (3) self-declared halal judgment based on personal risk assessment. These strategies reflect not only religious resilience but also reveal an emergent grassroots halal ecosystem shaped by trust, negotiation, and community-based reasoning. The study argues that halal inclusion must move beyond regulatory frameworks to embrace contextual, cultural, and social dimensions of access. Manado, in this regard, becomes a social laboratory for understanding how halal ethics are maintained in peripheral spaces. This research contributes to expanding the discourse on halal integrity and minority inclusion and recommends a participatory, decentralized halal governance model responsive to local realities.
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