| 词条 | Auwal Mosque |
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| name = Auwal Mosque | native_name = | native_language = | image = Auwal Mosque in Bo-Kaap.jpg | caption = Auwal Mosque in Bo-Kaap, Cape Town | locmapin = Cape Town | coordinates = {{coord|33|55|20|S|18|24|54|E|display=inline,title}} | location = Bo-Kaap, Cape Town, South Africa. | area = | built = 18th century | architect = | architecture = Islamic | governing_body = | owner = }} The Auwal Mosque, alternatively spelled Awwal, Owal or Owwal, is a mosque in the Bo-Kaap neighbourhood of Cape Town, South Africa, recognised as the first mosque established in the country. It was constructed in 1794 during the first British occupation of the Cape on land belonging to Coridon van Ceylon, a Vryezwarten (freed Black Muslim slave).[1] Coridon's daughter, Saartjie van de Kaap, inherited the property that was being used as a warehouse, and donated it for the use as South Africa's first mosque. The mosque was constructed in 1794 with renovations done in 1907 and extensive renovations done in 1936. It is the first mosque to observe public prayers and is where Cape Muslim traditions and the Arabic-Afrikaans language were first taught. It remains a symbol for Muslims of the recognition of Islam and the freedom of slaves to worship. Qadi Abdussalam, affectionately known as Tuan Guru, was appointed the first imam. Tuan Guru was a religious leader and political prisoner. While in prison, he wrote the entire Quran from memory. This Quran is on display at the Auwal Mosque. Tuan Guru also used the mosque as a madrassah, or "religious" school, where he instructed both children and adults in matters of Islam. After Guru's death, Saartjie van de Kaap's husband, Achmad of Bengal, assumed the position of imam. This position was to be held by members of his family until the last imam from this family, Gasan Achmat, died in 1980. The position has since been filled by many imams, including the likes of Sheikh Salih Abadi. Currently, Moulana Mugammad Carr and Sheikh Ismail Londt are joint imams. Due to a dispute as to who was to be the next imam of the congregation, a portion of the Auwal congregation split off in 1807 and formed Cape Town's second mosque, the Palm Tree Mosque on Long Street.[2] See also
References1. ^{{cite book|author=Michael Hutchinson|title=Bo-Kaap: Colourful Heart of Cape Town|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=l6Tb3PSQYRUC&pg=PA3|accessdate=28 September 2012|year=2006|publisher=New Africa Books|isbn=978-0-86486-693-6|pages=3–}} {{SouthAfrica-mosque-stub}}2. ^{{cite book|author1=Nigel Worden|author2=Elizabeth Van Heyningen|author3=Vivian Bickford-Smith|title=Cape Town: The Making of a City|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ysU2Ii9nxcUC&pg=PA126|accessdate=28 September 2012|year=2004|publisher=New Africa Books|isbn=978-0-86486-656-1|pages=126–}} 5 : Mosques in Cape Town|Religious buildings completed in 1794|1798 establishments in the Cape Colony|18th-century mosques|1794 establishments in the Dutch Empire |
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