| Kerk Street Mosque | |
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 A view of the Kerk Street Mosque Sauer Street | |
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| General information | |
| Status | Completed |
| Location | Johannesburg, South Africa |
| Coordinates | 26°12′11″S 28°02′17″E / 26.203181°S 28.037951°E |
| Opening | 1990 |
| Owner | Jumaat Masjied Society |
| Design and construction | |
| Architect(s) | Mohammad Wayat & Suliman Oman Waja (1918) Abdel-Wahed El-Wakil (1990) |
The Kerk Street Mosque, also known as the Jumah Mosque,[1][2] is located in Johannesburg, South Africa.
The mosque, situated on stand 788, is one of the oldest mosques and places of worship in Johannesburg.
The first Muslim community to occupy the land set up a tent in the closing years of the nineteenth century, then in 1906 built a wood and corrugated iron structure. In 1918 construction of a brick walled structure was completed. The brick mosque was demolished in 1990 and was replaced with the modern Kerk Street Mosque designed by Driehaus Prize winner Abdel-Wahed El-Wakil.[3][4][5]
- ^ Jumah means Friday, the most important day for Muslim prayer
- ^ Michell, John (26 March 1995). "God's Builders". Sunday Times Magazine. p. 41.
- ^ Pieterse, Marius (24 April 2013). "Kerk Street | The Kerk Street Mosque". Urban Joburg. Archived from the original on 19 January 2015. Retrieved 13 July 2014.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ Davie, Lucille (25 January 2007). "Some Great Places to Worship". Official Website of the City of Johannesburg. Archived from the original on 11 November 2016. Retrieved 13 July 2014.
- ^ Holod, Renata; Khan, Hasan-Uddin (1997). The Contemporary Mosque: Architects, Clients, and Designs Since the 1950s. New York: Rizzoli. ISBN 0-8478-2043-2.