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Date: 1880 Type: Mosque Style: Eclecticism : Islamic Traditionalist Status: Extant   Click to view large map Coordinates: Alt: 22m

Once one of the centres of the Muslim community of District Six, displaced by forced relocation in terms of the Group Areas Act in the 1960s. Together with the Muir Street Mosque and the Ellesmere Street Mosque this mosque remained a centre of worship for the displaced congregants. With the destruction of District Six, Aspeling Street was one of very many streets that disappeared. The newly created Hanover Street now runs past the mosque. References: Cohen, Ronald & van Graan, Andre. 2015. Cape Town : a study in watercolours. Cape Town: Fernwood Press. pg [2] Davids, Achmat. 1980. The Mosques of Bo-Kaap - A social history of Islam at the Cape. Athlone, Cape: The South African Institute of Arabic and Islamic Research. pg 59