uslims in Paris who find themselves too busy to pray have been given a new option.Hassen Bounamcha an Imam in France has come up with just the thing: a portable mosque. Talking to the Le Parisien newspaper Imam said: “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,” It is a 2 meter high structure when deployed takes the form of a mirhab. It also has a niche in the wall of a mosque that indicates the direction of Qibla. Imam named it as ’Mirhbox’ .The mirhbox is 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. The prices of the products are from 450 euros for a top-range model that includes a built-in loudspeaker, to 69 euros for a children’s model. Imam said he hoped to sell at least a thousand within a year and has already sold the patent in several countries.
