{"id":4278,"date":"2015-04-21T09:44:17","date_gmt":"2015-04-21T09:44:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/english.thesunrisetoday.com\/?p=4278"},"modified":"2015-04-21T09:44:17","modified_gmt":"2015-04-21T09:44:17","slug":"next-generation-muslim-prayer-calculator-launched","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/english.thesunrisetoday.com\/index.php\/next-generation-muslim-prayer-calculator-launched\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Next generation\u2019 Muslim prayer calculator launched"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/english.thesunrisetoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Muslim-prayer-calculator-launched.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-4279\" src=\"http:\/\/english.thesunrisetoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Muslim-prayer-calculator-launched.jpg\" alt=\"Muslim prayer calculator launched\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" \/><\/a>The \u201cworld\u2019s first\u201d multi-functional next generation prayer calculator has been launched by an online Islamic travel platform.<br \/>\nHalal Trip, an online travel website specializing in halal and family-friendly travel, has allowed its mobile app to give Muslim travelers a simple way to find prayer times and locations whether on air, land or sea.<br \/>\nThe new feature instantly calculates the prayer times for the current location, the distances for nearby mosques and the time it will take to reach them.<br \/>\nFor travelers it will also work out whether a user can reach their hotel in time for prayers, according to a statement from the company.<br \/>\nThe new feature is an addition to the existing in-flight prayer calculator.<br \/>\n\u201cThe Muslim traveler is now much more technology savvy than ever before. They are increasingly coming from a younger demographic and are now some of the early adopters of online innovations,\u201d Fazal Bahardeen, CEO of HalalTrip and parent company CrescentRating said in a statement.<br \/>\nThe Halal tourism sector is estimated to be valued at $145 billion, according to figures in the MasterCard-CrescentRating Global Muslim Travel Index 2015.<br \/>\n\u201cThe HalalTrip app now brings together a number of key essential travel resources for Muslims which includes Halal food discovery.<br \/>\nThe Halal food spotting feature allows users to \u2018spot\u2019 Halal food dishes and upload images, comment and share via social media to millions across the world,\u201d the statement added.<\/p>\n<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\r\n<script>(function(d, s, id) {\r\n  var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];\r\n  if (d.getElementById(id)) return;\r\n  js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id;\r\n  js.src = \"\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_GB\/all.js#xfbml=1\";\r\n  fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs);\r\n}(document, \"script\", \"facebook-jssdk\"));<\/script>\r\n <fb:comments href=\"https:\/\/english.thesunrisetoday.com\/index.php\/next-generation-muslim-prayer-calculator-launched\/\" font=\"arial\" num_posts=\"\" width=\"\" height=\"\" colorscheme=\"light\"  style=\"background:#FFFFFF;padding-top:0px;\r\npadding-right:0px;\r\npadding-bottom:0px;\r\npadding-left:0px;\r\nmargin-top:0px;\r\nmargin-right:0px;\r\nmargin-bottom:0px;\r\nmargin-left:0px;\r\n\"><\/fb:comments>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The \u201cworld\u2019s first\u201d multi-functional next generation prayer calculator has been launched by an online Islamic travel platform. Halal Trip, an online travel website specializing in halal and family-friendly travel, has allowed its mobile app to give Muslim travelers a simple way to find prayer times and locations whether on air, land or sea. 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