List of mosques in South Africa

This is a list of mosques in South Africa.

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List

Name	Image	Location	Year (CE)	Group	Notes
Auwal Mosque		Bo-Kaap, Cape Town	1794		The first mosque in South Africa [1]
Palm Tree Mosque		Cape Town	1807		Built initially as a house in 1788, repurposed as a mosque in 1807. [2]
Nurul Islam Mosque		Bo-Kaap, Cape Town	1834	Su
Queen Victoria Mosque		Bo-Kaap, Cape Town	c. 1850	Su	A national heritage site; affiliated with the Shafi'i school. [3]
Juma Mosque		Durban, KwaZulu-Natal	1881	Su	Progressively expanded from 1881 through to the 20th century; with capacity for more than 6,000 worshipers, it is the largest mosque in South Africa. [4]
Riverside Soofie Mosque and Mausoleum		Durban, KwaZulu-Natal	c. 1895	Su	A national heritage site [5]
Kerk Street Mosque		Johannesburg	1918		Founded in the 1880s, the first mosque was built in 1918 and rebuilt in 1990, as designed by Abdel-Wahed El-Wakil. [6] [7] [8]
Nizamiye Mosque		Midrand, Johannesburg	2012	Su	Can accommodate more than 6,000 worshipers; affiliated with the Gülen movement

See also

• Islam portal
• South Africa portal

• Islam in South Africa
• List of mosques in Africa

References

1. Hutchinson, Michael (2006). Bo-Kaap: Colourful Heart of Cape Town. New Africa Books. pp. 3–. ISBN   978-0-86486-693-6 . Retrieved September 28, 2012.
2. Mountain, Alan (2004). An Unsung Heritage: Perspectives on Slavery. Cape Town: New Africa Books. p. 92. ISBN   9780864866226.
3. Davids, Achmat (1980). The Mosques of Bo-Kaap. Athlone, Cape Town: The South African Institute of Arabic and Islamic Research. p. 138.
4. Dangor, Suliman Essop (1996). "Muslim Society and Islamic Architecture" (PDF). KZ-NIA Journal. 22 (3). Durban: KZN Institute for Architecture: 2. ISSN   0379-9301.
5. "Riverside Mosque and Mausoleum, Umgeni, Durban". South African History Online. n.d. Retrieved December 13, 2024.
6. Pieterse, Marius (April 24, 2013). "Kerk Street: The Kerk Street Mosque". Urban Joburg. Archived from the original on January 19, 2015. Retrieved July 13, 2014.
7. Davie, Lucille (January 25, 2007). "Some Great Places to Worship". Official Website of the City of Johannesburg. Archived from the original on November 11, 2016. Retrieved July 13, 2014.
8. Holod, Renata; Khan, Hasan-Uddin (1997). The Contemporary Mosque: Architects, Clients, and Designs Since the 1950s. New York: Rizzoli. ISBN   0-8478-2043-2.

External links

• Media related to Mosques in South Africa at Wikimedia Commons