Car looks alim but drive like syaitan x guna hahaha..
Intention is everythin’..

Just dont label it. Sell it, advertise that this car have this and that features for muslim. I like the idea of having a compass directing to makkah. I would love to have a special compartment for my sejadah. make it simple and clear, and does not provoke anyone, like what LG did. My non Muslim friend would not hesitate to buy it as well. If it is labeled as Islami car, I guess none of them will ever ride in it.

When Columbus state the world is round, church laughed

When Einstein wanted to capture light in a glass, scientist laughed

When Evian wanted to sell bottled water, investor laughed

When Phil Knight (Nike) wanted to sell shoes, Adidas laughed

When Ramli wanted to sell burger, bank laughed

When Tony wanted to start an airline, MAS laughed

Go ahead and laughed. I dont see you making millions in making “Halal Cars”.

do not over react on marketing word.. & do not do deep thinking on basic proposal such as ‘Islamic Car’. It may call other word when it launch.. maybe with word ‘i’ like 1.6i after that to differentiate the package. Big name like Casio & LG has Islamic Product even Microsoft has Islamic Product.

who coined the term?

shallow shallow…
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It is according to MD SZ is from Iran. If swallow, how ocme they are in the midst of developing necleur facilities for peaceful purposes according to them and for making nucleur bomb according to US. Are they shallow?

Thats sarcasm at a whole different level. Great job! That’s a good laugh

I thought you were pretty convincing until you said Malaysia is an “Islamic Country”. You lost your ploy there. You got me till there.

ahaha.. kasihan proton. its not even their idea n still got bashed!
but honestly ppl, they’re jz trying to sell cars .. im amazed jz how proton willing to accomodate them!

shallow shallow…

the use of the term “islamic car’ may not be grammartically correct according to the doc, but the notion is not entirely bad. y?

1. time have changed, not all of us can look for a surau or masjid to perform our daily duties 5 times a day. within a SUV or MPV might be decent place to do prayers if needed so. we have plus highway r&r for long journey but iran might not.

2. quran is the core of islamic teaching and knowlegde to be “applied” in everything we do. but again time changes, situation changes, lifestyle changes, its not a constant. when quran was scripted, there wasnt even internet, so will it be sinful to post the quran scripts on the web and not printed pages? so if i install the quran verse into the i-drive, would it be ok?

3. islam is indeed the fastest growing religion on a global scale, some non-muslim even prefer the HALAL food as the islam way of processing food is better. so you mean we can tell the world malaysia sells halal food? Perhaps we should call it a HALAL car? would the doctor be less angry?

4. there are many components in a car that we ourselves might not know the origins is halal or otherwise. if have a moist-proof and fingerprint recognition lookcompartment to store my personal quran, would it be so bad? if the transporter is a muslim, wouldnt it be nice if he can read a few verses while waiting for his client or right before the next baddie comes and steal his car?

5. if you are in the middle or the war, not knowing when you are going to be blasted to pieces, would Allah mind if the maybe Proton/Lotus APEX 4WD-turned-war-vehicle have a decent place to put the quran or have a bismilah stamped at the dashboard?

and the list goes on….

so, maybe the term “islamic car” might not be accurate or politically correct, so lets be constructive and suggest a list of possible terms: eg. car for middle countries, car custom for muslim clients etc etc

Allah ask us to do the right thing, the islam way, the way of our prophets. by trying to sell more car, make more money for the country (we are an islamic country), offer more jobs (to fellow muslim), make more happy muslim families happy to have their own car, make us as a model country for the world…. you get the drift. WHAT SO WRONG ABOUT THAT?

I being a Proton hater, supports the notions of the MD, if not for him we will be still think malaysian have to bend down to the imperialism of western economies. if one day, proton becomes VW of china but in middle east, that wont be to bad isn’t it? this is blue ocean strategies! wake-up people!

cheers