Muharram

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Soofie Mosque in Riverside

The Riverside Soofie Mosque and Mausoleum is a provincial heritage site in Durban in the KwaZulu-Natal province of South Africa. In 1980 it was described in ...

Ahmadiyya Mosque Mayville

Muslims make up about 3% of South Africa's population of nearly 60 million. Muslims have lived in South Africa for hundreds of years and have ...

Muharram

Muharram is a month of remembrance. Ashura, which literally means the "Tenth" in Arabic, refers to the tenth day of Muharram. It is well-known because of ...

Muharram

Muharram is a month of remembrance. Ashura, which literally means the "Tenth" in Arabic, refers to the tenth day of Muharram. It is well-known because of ...

Indian festival in Colonial Natal

The major Indian festival in colonial Natal was Muharram, which mourns the martyrdom of Imam Husain, grandson....

THE MUHARRAM FESTIVAL

Pietermaritzburg Moharam festival

Muharram festival

the Muharram festival, which was held on the tenth day of Muharram, the first month ... Muslims, Muharram remained a central part of the Islam of Indentured workers ...

Muharram Festival

Muharram is celebrated as the advent of the Islamic New Year by participating Muslims around the globe. It is regarded as a pious and important festival by the community. ... Muharram also marks the anniversary of the battle of Karbala

Mohurrum Festival at Umzinto

Muharram is the first month of the Islamic calendar and considered to ... As celebrating Muslims devour the festival with utmost joy and mark it ...

Indian Muslims in South Africa: continuity, change and disjuncture, 1860-2000

Islam is a minority religion in South Africa. According to the 1996 census there were 553,585 Muslims out of a total population of forty million. Indian Muslims make up one of the two largest sub-groups, the other being 'Malay' .

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