New `Islamic car` to have compass to find Mecca

"We will identify a car that we can develop to be produced in Malaysia, Iran or Turkey," he told the Bernama agency in a weekend report.

"The car will have all the Islamic features and should be meant for export purposes," he said, adding that it would feature a compartment for keeping the Muslim holy book the Koran, and prayer scarves.

Syed Zainal said the vehicle was an Iranian initiative.

"What they (Iran) want to do is to call that an Islamic car," he said, giving no further details.