Negotiating Halal Crimes: The Use of Block-Chain Technology

For Muslim societies, the issues of halal and non-halal products are of very sensitive nature. Unfortunately, there has been a worrying increase in halal crimes in recent years and there appears to be no end in sight to this issue. For this reason, the application of block-chain technology may be useful for dealing with this issue in Malaysia. The objective of this research is to examine the practicality of leveraging block-chain technology to prevent halal crimes. A systematic review on relevant research publication on this issue was conducted and results from the review indicate that there is a huge potential in leveraging block-chain technology to benefit the halal industry as well as preventing halal crimes at grass root level.