The concern for piety among contemporary middle-class Muslims has led to efforts to establish a halal (permissible according to Islamic principles) economy. This can be seen in the thriving Islamic cultural economy in Malaysia, which refers to the links between Islamic culture and economic practices. Malaysia tops the Global Islamic Economy indicator, which serves as the dominant framework for evaluating and measuring the global halal economy. This was achieved through various initiatives, such as establishing research centres, of which the International Institute for Halal Research and Training (INHART) is among the most prominent. Drawing on ethnographic fieldwork and digital ethnography, this article focuses on INHART initiatives for building transnational halal networks. This article aims to explore how halal interpretations and practices travel across borders. I argue that halal research centres, such as INHART, signify both the decentring and centring of power transnationally and economically in terms of the global flow of halal knowledge and practices.

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跨国清真网络：INHART 和马来西亚及其他地区的伊斯兰文化经济

当代中产阶级穆斯林对虔诚的关注导致了建立清真（伊斯兰原则允许的）经济的努力。这可以从马来西亚蓬勃发展的伊斯兰文化经济中看出，这是指伊斯兰文化与经济实践之间的联系。马来西亚在全球伊斯兰经济指标中名列前茅，该指标是评估和衡量全球清真经济的主导框架。这是通过各种举措实现的，例如建立研究中心，其中最著名的是国际清真研究和培训研究所（INHART）。本文借鉴民族志田野调查和数字民族志，重点介绍 INHART 为建设跨国清真食品而采取的举措网络。本文旨在探讨清真解释和实践如何跨境传播。我认为，像 INHART 这样的清真研究中心，就清真知识和实践的全球流动而言，意味着跨国和经济上权力的分散和集中。