The Porto-Mosque
Struggling to find a present for the Muslim who has everything? Here’s a handy Christmas idea. Really handy if they are visiting New York and the Ground Zero Victory Mosque hasn’t been finished off yet…they can pray with a Porto-Mosque:
For Muslims too busy with work to attend Friday prayers at the local mosque, [an imam in Paris] has designed a portable mosque in box that can be used anywhere.
“We can’t always drop things in an instant and go out and pray,” the imam, Hassmem Bounamcha, told BBC News.
The portable unit is meant to substitute a mihrab, or a prayer niche in the wall of a mosque that indicates the direction of Mecca.
Ideal for any would-be terrorist caught in a tight corner. Unfold this and just sit inside it….the Police and security forces would never dare touch them.
That’s taken in the showroom. But you’d feel ripped off if the deluxe version (for €450, complete with loudspeaker!) didn’t have a compass in the packaging somewhere.
I’m going to pretend I haven’t just opened that pdf. It’s a whole shade of stupidity worse than this mosque thingy. Good find!
If it doesn’t come with a compass, I assume an enterprising muslim “techie” will be busy designing an iPhone “App” to ensure the twats are facing the right way…..
According to the comments it doesn’t work…..
I’m not buying it to test it 😀