Paris imam invents portable mosque for better praying

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Source: Reuters

PARIS (Reuters Life!) – A Paris imam and part-time inventor has created a portable mosque to help the faithful concentrate better on their prayers wherever they are.

Named the Mirhbox, the 2 meter (yard) high structure when deployed takes the form of a mirhab, a niche in the wall of a mosque that indicates the direction of Mecca, which Muslims should face when praying.

"I realized that when I'm in the mosque, I concentrated better at my prayers more than when I am at home. So I thought of recreating the mirhab which creates a better environment for meditation in isolation," Aubervilliers Imam Hassen Bounamcha told Le Parisien newspaper.

Made from rigid cardboard, polystyrene, plywood or plastic, reinforced with two layers of aluminum, the modular structure in three parts also comes with a Turkish rug.

Read more: http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/us_portable_mosque

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Hey tearacists!

One morning you wake up, there might be a mosque and a one man congregation in your kitchen.

And he's French!

[Alcibiades]

1. They could erect these near Ground Zero!

Muslins praying in Lower Manhattan!