New Islamic car to have compass to find Makkah
Agencies
Published: November 11, 2007, 10:16
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia: Iran, Turkey and Malaysia are planning to build an ''Islamic car'' that will have a compass to find the direction of Makkah, Malaysia's state news agency reported.
The proposed car will also have a compartment for the Quran and prayer scarves, the Bernama agency quoted an official of Malaysian automaker Proton as saying.
''The car will have all the Islamic features and should be meant for export purposes,'' said Proton's managing director, Syed Zainal Abidin Syed Mohamed Tahir.
''We will identify a car that we can develop to be produced in Malaysia, Iran or Turkey,'' he said during a visit to Tehran.
Syed Zainal said the vehicle was an Iranian initiative. ''What they (Iran) want to do is to call that an Islamic car,'' he said.
Agencies
Published: November 11, 2007, 10:16
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia: Iran, Turkey and Malaysia are planning to build an ''Islamic car'' that will have a compass to find the direction of Makkah, Malaysia's state news agency reported.
The proposed car will also have a compartment for the Quran and prayer scarves, the Bernama agency quoted an official of Malaysian automaker Proton as saying.
''The car will have all the Islamic features and should be meant for export purposes,'' said Proton's managing director, Syed Zainal Abidin Syed Mohamed Tahir.
''We will identify a car that we can develop to be produced in Malaysia, Iran or Turkey,'' he said during a visit to Tehran.
Syed Zainal said the vehicle was an Iranian initiative. ''What they (Iran) want to do is to call that an Islamic car,'' he said.
