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Date: 1899 Type: Mosque Status: Extant Street: Vos Street   Click to view map Coordinates: 33°55'00.85" S 18°25'01.93" E Alt: 36m

This is the second mosque founded as a result of disputes over the succession of an imam at the Jamia mosque. Hadje Salie Jacops had acquired a few lots of land in Vos Street and erected his home there in 1895. He promised the local congregants that he would transfer the remainder of the property for the erection of a mosque, this done in 1899 despite his death. He however set it a condition of his will that it not be used for Friday worship as he did not wish other mosques to lose their worshippers on the day. It is thus still regarded as a minor mosque in the Bo-Kaap. (Cohen, 1988: s.p.; Rennie 1983:162) Books that reference Noeral Mogammadiah Masjied / Nurul Mohammadia Mosque Cohen, Ronald. 2015. Cape Town : a study in watercolours. Cape Town: Fernwood Press. pg [6] CPIA Committee. 1983. The Buildings of Cape Town 1983 : Phase Two. Volume Three : Catalogue and Classification. Cape Town: Cape Provincial Institute of Architects. pg 162 Item 25.5 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 56, 106, 108, 127-137, 138, 142, 188