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Nusantara Halal Journal

Abstract

The high unemployment rate among graduates is not a new issue. This issue is of concern in many countries including Brunei Darussalam. Brunei’s Government could not accommodate all the unemployed graduates with governmental job, therefore, as a brilliant and creative graduates, they need to be independent and creative to create job opportunities. So, one of the measures to reduce this problem is by the introduction of Entrepreneurship. The concept of entrepreneurship is not something new in Islam as it can be observed from the history as a noble profession practiced by the Prophet Muhammad and His companions. However, in recent times, scholars of the Islamic economy have introduced a new term, “Halal entrepreneurship” or “Halalpreneurship” to define and differentiate entrepreneurs in the Halal industry from the conventional entrepreneurs. Brunei Darussalam is ideally positioned as a destination for doing business and investment. The aim of this paper is to understand the difference between entrepreneur and Halal entrepreneur. To what extend are there job opportunities for UNISSA Halal Science Graduates as Halal entrepreneur and to explore the importance of Halal entrepreneurship in the development of county and how can it help reduce youth unemployment in Brunei. This research used mainly a qualitative approach which draw from both primary and secondary data. The primary data and information were collected through interviews with local entrepreneurs in different sector with different type of entrepreneurship. The secondary data was collected from the books and articles. The findings of this research were mostly informants agreed that there is the difference between entrepreneur and Halal entrepreneur. The result shows that there are varieties of job opportunities as Halal entrepreneur for UNISSA Graduates of Halal Science such as being a Halal entrepreneur in food sector such as being a Halal food producer. Travel and tourism, cosmetic and agriculture sector also open for Halal science graduates to tap into. Opening modest Muslimah wear, services such as Muslim friendly spa also as an opportunity. Majority of the informants agreed that Halal entrepreneurship is important in the development of county, and it help reduce youth unemployment in Brunei.

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