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Title: Inside a shrine where the gave of Sayed Abdurahman Motura is located, Cape Town
Subject: Religion, Islam, Worship, ,
Description: The shrine, known as Kramat, Mazaar or Durga, was built from 1967 to 1969 over the grave of Sayed Abdurahman Motura, a political prisoner brought to the Cape in the 18th century from Batavia.
Identifier: islandora:15486

Title: Children holding Tricentenary Commemoration flags, Cape Town
Subject: Religion, Islam, Foreign relations, ,
Description: Welcome: Children from the Habibia School in Rylands, right, wore pretty, traditional outfits to the airport to welcome foreign guests arriving to attend the Sheikh Yusuf Centenary Celebrations. The 500 000 Muslims in South Africa are the oldest and largest minority in the world.
Identifier: islandora:15468

Title: Muslim woman shows religious cloth, Cape Town
Subject: Religion, Islam, Worship, ,
Description: Muslim woman shows religious cloth, Cape Town. Muslim Shrines (Bakoven).
Identifier: islandora:15492

Title: Members of the Islamic Council stand in front of Mosque, Cape Town
Subject: Religion, Islam, Worship, ,
Description: [E]id-ul-adha: Hajjis Ismail Morris, Dawood Essop and Faiq ooley of the Islamic Council of South Africa outside the Aspeling Street Mosque in District Six.
Identifier: islandora:15482

Title: Muslim boy holds Koran, Cape Town
Subject: Religion, Islam, Worship, Youth, Education, ,
Description: Nine months of intensive study after his ordinary school hours ended for a 10-year-old Moslem boy of Elsies River, Dien Mukkaddam, today, when he completed reading all the 30 suras (chapters) of the Koran. Dien, a pupil of Sheik Amien at Elsie's River, is in Standard 4 at St. Augustine's School, Parow. He will now set out to memorise the Koran, chapter by chapter.
Identifier: islandora:15504

Title: Shrine of Islam, Cape Town
Subject: Religion, Worship, Historic sites, ,
Description: Malay Kramat in Constantia Valley: This shrine of Islam is on a vine covered hill top in the heart of Constantia Valley. The kramat is one of the five that lie in an imaginary circle in the peninsula within which Malays living believe themselves protected from certain ills. One of the kramats in the circle is on Robben Island.
Identifier: islandora:15481

Title: Muslims protest over claim that Islam was a "false religion", Cape Town
Subject: Religion, Islam, Demonstrations, ,
Description: Part of the crowd of Muslims who gathered on the Grand Parade on Saturday morning to protest against the NG Kerk resolution that Islam was a "false religion".
Identifier: islandora:15477

Title: Woman cleans her hands in river, Cape Town
Subject: Religion, Islam, Worship, ,
Description: Woman cleans her hands in river, Cape Town. Muslim Shrines (Bakoven).
Identifier: islandora:15494

Title: Woman wearing burqa gestures while talking to companion, Cape Town
Subject: Religion, Islam, Gender, ,
Description: Woman wearing burqa gestures while talking to companion, Cape Town.
Identifier: islandora:15499

Title: Man with his son, Cape Town
Subject: Religion, Islam, Worship, ,
Description: Three year old Mohammed Yusyf Gasant of Salt River returned to Cape Town today with his father, Hadji Alwie (holding him) and his mother Zainap, from Mecca. They were among 15 pilgrims who returned by sea via Bombay.
Identifier: islandora:15458

Title: Shrines near Bakoven suffer damage from floods, Cape Town
Subject: Religion, Islam, Worship, Weather, ,
Description: Cape Town's Muslim community nearly lost part of its "protective holy circle" of shrines in the floods last week and calls have been made to give urgent attention to protecting these historic burial sites against vandals and natural disasters. Damage to several tombs near Bakoven during last weekend's floods has renewed fears among the Muslim community that the circle could be broken if nothing is done to stop the deterioration of the shrine.
Identifier: islandora:15495

Title: Qibla march on Parliament, Cape Town
Subject: Religion, Islam, Demonstrations, Apartheid, ,
Description: We want justice! Qibla supporters barrack 120 Plein Street demanding that a commission of inquiry be established into the death of Imam Haron 25 years ago. / Qibla March on Parliament.
Identifier: islandora:15476

Title: Policeman talks to a group of angry conservative Muslim men, Cape Town
Subject: Religion, Islam, Worship, Gender, Demonstrations, ,
Description: Mosque Fracas - Conservative Muslims staged a violent protest at a progressive Claremont mosque yesterday, where a woman was allowed to address the congregation last year. Police had to intervene in the fracas.
Identifier: islandora:15498

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