HELSINKI, Nov 7 Finnish-based Muxlim.com, the world's largest Muslim online community, will launch a prototype of a Muslim-friendly virtual world, the company said on Friday.

“The launch of the beta-version of Muxlim Pal, planned to take place in a few weeks, will be global since anybody can access it and test it and provide us with useful user feedback,” Muxlim chief executive Mohamed El-Fatatry wrote in an email.At Muxlim Pal, which El-Fatatry compares to the popular Habbo teenage networking and virtual world site, users will be able to create their own spaces and interact with friends.

The launch of the full version of Muxlim Pal, which will offer additional features, will be announced later, El-Fatatry said. —AFP