New Islamic Car To Have Compass To Find Makkah (sic Mecca)

GulfNews.com ^ | November 11, 2007, | Agencies

[DogByte6RER]

New Islamic car to have compass to find Makkah

11/11/2007 07:28 PM | Agencies

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.

The managing director said that with government support, the Islamic car producers will be able to get a big volume of orders.

[cinives]

OMG - where do you find these pics ? They are outstanding !

[DogByte6RER]

I thought this thread could use a pic of a “pig car” so I just Googled it...

[flat]

WELL if they gave me one i might take delivery ...

‘CAUSE THAT BROWNSTONE HOUSE
WHERE MY BABY LIVES

IS

MECCAAAAAAAA TO MEEEEEE aeee aeeee..

(thank you for your kind attn’)

[flat]

bwahahaaha some days it don’t pay to load yer tnt into the sedan....i swear..

[DogByte6RER]

This new Proton car is da bomb!

[Dumpster Baby]

They need to work on marking the Jihad Button better. Now it looks like the cigarette lighter.

[ari-freedom]

“We will identify a car that we can develop to be produced in Malaysia
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that would mean the driver would drown in the ocean in order to get to Mecca

[Fresh Wind]

Does it have one hump or two?

[humblegunner]

"What they (Iran) want to do is to call that an Islamic car," he said.

So... it's gonna blow up near kids and old folks.

Gotta love islam.

[weegee]

Unlike the Ford Pinto, this car is DESIGNED to blow up.

[JoeFromSidney]

Turkey actually makes some pretty good cars. They're too expensive for export, but I saw quite a few of them on the streets of Istanbul.

I wonder if the compass will be corrected for magnetic variation? My compass was nearly worthless in Turkey. GPS was much more useful.

[mylife]

proton

[Baladas]

I thought this article was a joke at first.

Tell me, can this car travel west at all?

[NRPM]

I think this is a great idea. Soon after 9/11, I was saying that we need the Arabs to learn to make cars. I mean, we fought the Germans, and now they make great cars and we get along. We fought the Japanese, and they make great cars and we get along. Clearly the key to reconciliation with old enemies is for them to make cars.

[Patriot Babe]

I wonder if Females can drive the cars only if the car is covered with a Burka =)

[Yaelle]

New Islamic Car To Have Compass To Find Makkah

"I thought I was in trouble before..."

[GnuHere]

I own stock in Garmin - have they thought about these devices called “compasses”?

[Thinkin' Gal]

"The car will have all the Islamic features and should be meant for export purposes,"

Sounds like a Chicom car... guaranteed to self-destruct and be especially lethal to children.

[quark]

Here's the compass:

[isthisnickcool]

Muslims don’t even pray in the direction of Mecca. They think the Earth is flat. Outside of Arabia, they pray in the direction of space.

I've always thought that was way funny. They should be floating upside down at the correct angle. If they ever figure out their stupid mistake I can see a mosque full of a bunch of chains and sling type things they are strapped in to.