In the book 'Mosques of The Bo-Kaap

Abdol Burns. A caricature from the Cape Argus Weekly Edition, 27 May 1889. Abdol Burns led his demonstrating women and children up the Government Avenue to address them in the Public Gardens. He was the key figure in the protest to bury after the burial ground was closed. page 74  ibidem

Achmat Effendi who stood for a seat in the Cape Parliament in 1894. He was the first Black person who attempted to gain entry into the Cape Legislative Assembly. page 177 ibidem.

Imam Gazenodien, also known as Carl Pilgrim. From a painting by Angus. page 67 ibid.

The conical straw hat, the "Toring", which was the typical headgear of the nineteenth centuary Cape Muslims.page 7 ibid.

The Die and Fortune telling Kitaab (book) of Tuan Guru. Prayers are recited while the die is cast, and the letters appearing on top indicate a reference in the book which will, in turn indicate in the Quran. From these references the future is determined. page 19 ibid.

Book Reviews to promote Reading

Free Univerisity of Strandfontein Western Cape

Mosques of The Bo-Kaap is the first comprehensive history of Muslims in South Africa. The Author, Achmat Davids was my dear friend in whose company I spent the years when he was researching and writing this book. I intend to paste pictures of that book here to encourage reading and discussion of our history, inshaa Allah.

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Founding Statement

The Free University of Western Cape is founded on the idea of The Free University of San Francisco. We are grouped together as Educators and Learners for whom learning will be interactive. There will be no fees, no access academic requirements, no set curricula and no degrees of any nature. When we start off by teaching Arabic, Arkaan of Islam and Eemaan, The Seerah and History of Cape Town, it is because our members have proposed those courses. The venues will be where we can find the free space and the times will be what members find convenient to attend.

When you listen to your favourite Radio Station or The Radical  Cape Town TV or Lecture in The Mosque or Church or Synagogue, you will discover that as much as you liked what you heard, you might have learnt more if the same was discussed where you could interact and be part of the discussion.

We want to invite those brilliant minds who do not have the liberty to teach what they know in their current institutions to join us.

How will our learning process create jobs and empower young people to find jobs?

Many people who have all the right qualifications find themselves unemployed or even working under people who are less qualified than them. There is something wrong in all this. The kind of subject matter that we want to teach and learn would be what will enable us to liberate us in our thinking so that we can find solutions to our problems.

Why is it that nobody, but nobody can draw or build the way many great artists and artisans did before? We are trying to revive what is becoming extinct so that the future generation can remember us with more gratitude.