Islam in South Africa
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South Africa is a Christian majority nation with Islam being a minority religion, practised by roughly 2% of the total population. Islam in South Africa has grown in three different phases. The first
Islamic texts in the Nizamiye Mosque in Midrand
Mosque in Cape Town
The Coming of Sheik Joseph (1909) by G.S. Smithard and J.S. Skelton
![The Auwal Mosque, oldest mosque in South Africa, constructed in 1794; 232 years ago (1794)[citation needed]](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7a/Bo-Kaap_by_ArmAg_%2821%29.jpg/500px-Bo-Kaap_by_ArmAg_%2821%29.jpg)
The Auwal Mosque, oldest mosque in South Africa, constructed in 1794; 232 years ago (1794)[citation needed]
Indian South Africans
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Indian South Africans are South Africans who descend from indentured labourers and free migrants who arrived from British India during the late 1800s and early 1900s. The majority live in and around t
Islam in South Africa
…their own slaves well. In the 1800s there were two groups of Muslims that emigrated to South Africa from South Asia. The first began with a wave of immigration by indentured labourers from South India in the 1860s. These labourers were brought to South Africa by the British. 7–10% of these labourers were Muslim. The second group of…
Post-apartheid population distribution of Indian-origin people in provinces of South Africa.
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi meets members of Indian community in Johannesburg, 8 July 2016
An example of bunny chow served in Durban, originated in the Indian South African community.