Mosque tech and innovation take giant strides forward
Photo: A Saudi policeman monitors screens connected to cameras set up at all the holy places in Mecca during the annual pilgrimage, November 7, 2011. REUTERS/Ammar Awad
With an estimated 210,000 mosques in the Middle East and 3.85 million worldwide by 2020, mosque tech and innovation present a huge opportunity for technology solution developers
New technologies in building, upgrading, and management of mosques are being introduced by regional and trans-national companies that view this as a business opportunity. Recent mosque tech and innovation include enabling zakat transactions via payment cards, centralising the employment of imams, automating temperature control, and creating domes using ultra high performance concrete to render elaborate geometric concepts.
Mosque authorities have been keen to keep up with new technology that is relevant to the lives of a new generation of believers, with an emphasis on experience and function.
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Shalini Seth and Yazad Darasha, White Paper Media