Needs analysis of halal matchmaking for Muslim marriage in Japan
Today, halal matchmaking services, such as halal apps and halal speed dating have appeared in many Muslim and non-Muslim countries. It is important that Muslims not only marry in a halal manner but also maintain a healthy family life after marriage. However, in Japan, where Muslims are an almost i...
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Universiti Islam Sultan Sharif Ali (UNISSA)
2023
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| Online Access: | http://irep.iium.edu.my/106024/7/106024_Needs%20analysis%20of%20halal%20matchmaking.pdf http://irep.iium.edu.my/106024/ https://unissa.edu.bn/journal/index.php/jhst/article/view/658 |
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| Summary: | Today, halal matchmaking services, such as halal apps and halal speed dating have appeared in many
Muslim and non-Muslim countries. It is important that Muslims not only marry in a halal manner but also
maintain a healthy family life after marriage. However, in Japan, where Muslims are an almost invisible
minority, there are no services that provide halal matchmaking including pre-marriage education based on
Maqasid al-Shariah. The purpose of the research is to analyse the need for halal matchmaking services in
Japan. Halal matchmaking needs of single and divorced Muslims are to be determined. The researcher
recruited potential participants for halal matchmaking through the social media of Chiba Islamic Cultural
Center from 25 July to 21 August 2022. Single and divorced Muslims living in Japan who were able to
communicate adequately in Japanese were purposively selected for in-depth interviews. Feedback was
obtained through in-depth interviews with all the participants after the halal matchmaking. One hundred
and eleven people registered their profiles. There were 109 valid answers (98.1%). Forty-one people
responded to the preliminary interviews. Twenty people who attended the matchmaking were invited for
feedback in-depth interviews. Barriers to finding a potential marriage partner among Muslims in Japan
include the rarity of Muslims as a user of Japanese matchmaking services, time and money-consuming
efforts and anxiety for marriage due to the lack of trust or assurance of individualistic marriage compared
to that of communal marriages. Thus, community effort to develop halal matchmaking is needed for
Muslims in Japan. |
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