Juma Mosque (Durban)

Juma Mosque of Durban
Arabic: جُـمُـعَـة مَـسْـجِـد
The mosque in 2014
Religion
AffiliationSunni Islam
Ecclesiastical or organisational statusMosque
Location
LocationDr. Yusuf Dadoo Street and Cathedral Road, Durban, Kwazulu-Natal
CountrySouth Africa
Juma Mosque (Durban) is located in Durban
Juma Mosque (Durban)
Location of the mosque in Greater Durban
Geographic coordinates29°51′26″S 31°01′00″E / 29.857147°S 31.016576°E / -29.857147; 31.016576
Architecture
Architect(s)
  • Payne & Payne (1927)
  • William Bruce Barboure (1943)
TypeMosque architecture
Style
Groundbreaking1904
Completed1930
Specifications
Capacity6,000
(7,000 in 2014 for Salat al Eid)
Minaret(s)8
[1][2]

The Juma Mosque of Durban[3] (Arabic: جُـمُـعَـة مَـسْـجِـد, romanizedJumu‘ah Masjid, lit.'Mosque of the Congregation'), also known as the Grey Street Mosque, is a Sunni Islam mosque located in Durban, Kwazulu-Natal in South Africa.

  1. ^ "The Grey Street Mosque, 1880-1930". South African History Online. 2017. Retrieved 16 July 2018.
  2. ^ Dawood, Zainul (27 June 2014). "Mosque upgrade nearly done". Daily News. Durban. Retrieved 16 July 2018.
  3. ^ "Grey Street Juma Masjid". The KwaZulu-Natal Institute for Architecture. 2014. Retrieved 16 July 2018.

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