All-you-can-eat restaurants and Islamic teaching

Mirghani, Mohamed Elwathig Saeed (2021) All-you-can-eat restaurants and Islamic teaching. In: Virtual International Halal Science Conference 21: "Enhancing and Strengthening Halal Industry through Science", 13th-14th July 2021, Kuala Lumpur.

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Abstract

All-you-can-eat restaurants are considered as a successful business model as it offers variety of foods at a preset price and a limited time frame for the customers while also profiting the owners effectively. It results with large revenues, these buffet-style restaurants are becoming more prevalent in many countries throughout the world. In order to improve the market size of these buffet-style restaurants, business owners would conduct surveys and employ marketing organisation to manage and advertise their business. Even though, majority of these buffets have been certified Halal and bear the Halal mark in many countries, this industry is unfortunately advocating wastage behavior among customers whom may want to have their money worth instead. Since the customer paid a sum of money to have the unlimited access to the buffets for a limited time (~ 2 hours); they would be encouraged to eat in excess to feel satisfied. Hence, this industry can be considered as contradicting with the Islamic teachings that encourage good moral behaviors and prohibited overconsumption and wastage.

Item Type:	Conference or Workshop Item (Plenary Papers)
Uncontrolled Keywords:	All-you-can-eat restaurant, Halal, Sunnah, Islamic teaching
Subjects:	B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BP Islam. Bahaism. Theosophy, etc > BP1 Islam
Kulliyyahs/Centres/Divisions/Institutes (Can select more than one option. Press CONTROL button):	International Institute for Halal Research and Training (INHART)
Depositing User:	A Prof Elwathig Mirghani
Date Deposited:	09 Sep 2021 14:48
Last Modified:	09 Sep 2021 14:49
URI:	http://irep.iium.edu.my/id/eprint/92113

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