Thousands of athletes, administrators, officials, and Muslim fans may face great difficulty finding a suitable place to perform prayer during the Summer Olympic Games hosted by the Japanese capital Tokyo later this year, but the appropriate prayer venue will be located on a truck roaming the streets of Tokyo during the sporting event Great.
By the time of the start of the next summer session in July, there will be places for prayer in the village of athletes, which is still under construction, but some other places in the session may not have such spaces.
There are also a few places to pray in some hotels and public places in the Japanese capital.
More places of prayer will be available in these areas through a fully-fledged mobile mosque of 48 square meters on a large truck.
In just a few seconds, this mosque, which offers instructions in the Arabic language, is ready for ablution and prayer, as it has water taps and other required facilities.
The Yasu Project has come up with a Mobile Mosque for the thousands of Muslim athletes, officials and supporters arriving in Tokyo for the Olympic Games later this year https://t.co/FKD8LeISOC pic.twitter.com/U3tGPgVn98 - Reuters (@Reuters) February 5, 2020 |
Yasuharu Inou, CEO of Yasuo Project, the project's executive, hopes to benefit athletes and the public alike during the session, which runs from July 24 to August 9.
"I want athletes to compete in the tournament with full force, and to encourage the fans with full force as well, and that's why I did this project," Eno said, referring to a white truck parked next to the Tokyo Tower on Wednesday.
He added, "I hope this creates awareness of the existence of many different peoples in this world, and that all this will result in organizing an Olympic Games and a session for those with special needs that are free of discrimination and peace."
The organizing committee of the session said yesterday that it is seeking to find places to provide suitable places for all religious groups.
According to Waseda University study, the number of mosques in Japan reached 105 mosques by the end of 2018, but with the spread of this number throughout Japan and the small size of some of these mosques and their presence outside of Tokyo, some Muslims may face difficulty in finding a suitable place to perform their religious duties during the next session.