Here’s a cool new invention for Muslims: the prayer cell phone.
For Muslims, it’s a high-tech call to prayer. A new cellular telephone generates five automated reminders a day at prayer time and points Muslims in the direction of Mecca.*It also contains a copy of the Islamic holy book, the Quran, in both Arabic and English.Already available in the Middle East and Asia, Ilkone — Arabic for universe — recently went on sale in the Netherlands for its European debut.It will be followed by launches in France, Germany, Italy, Denmark, Belgium and Bosnia in coming months, said Peter Suyk, the managing director of Lebara BV, the phone’s European distributor.
Not to be confused with the Israeli cell phone that reminds Muslim terrorists that they can run but can’t hide, and points them in the direction of hell.
* i.e. with their backs to Jerusalem
