Masallacin Auwal

Masallacin Auwal, wanda aka rubuta shi da sunan Awwal, Owal ko kuma Owwal, masallaci ne a unguwar Bo-Kaap na Cape Town, Afirka ta Kudu, wanda aka amince da shi a matsayin masallaci na farko da aka kafa a ƙasar. An gina shi a cikin shekara ta 1794 a lokacin mulkin mallaka na farko na Birtaniyya na Cape a ƙasar mallakar Coridon van Ceylon, a Vryezwarten (freedan bautar Musulmin Baƙi). 'Yar Coridon, Saartjie van de Kaap, ta gaji dukiyar da ake amfani da ita a matsayin wurin ajiye kaya, kuma ta bayar da shi don amfani a matsayin masallacin Afirka na Kudu. An gina masallacin a shekara ta 1794 tare da yin gyare-gyare a shekara ta 1907 da kuma gyare-gyare masu yawa da aka yi a shekara ta 1936. Shi ne masallaci na farko da ya lura da sallar jama'a kuma anan ne aka fara koyar da al'adun musulmin Cape da harshen larabci-Afrikaans. Har ilayau alama ce ga musulmai na amincewa da addinin Islama da kuma ‘yancin bayi na yin ibada. An nada Qadi Abdussalam, wanda aka fi sani da Tuan Guru, a matsayin limami na farko. Tuan Guru ya kasance shugaban addini kuma fursunan siyasa. Yayinda yake kurkuku, ya rubuta Al-Qur'ani gabadaya. Ana gabatar da wannan Al-Qur'ani a Masallacin Auwal. Tuan Guru ya kuma yi amfani da masallacin a matsayin makarantar madrassah, ko kuma makarantar "addini", inda yake ba da umarni ga yara da manya kan al'amuran addinin Musulunci. Bayan mutuwar Guru, mijin Saartjie van de Kaap, Achmad na Bengal, ya karɓi matsayin imam. 'Yan uwansa za su rike wannan matsayin har zuwa lokacin da limami na karshe daga wannan dangin, Gasan Achmat, ya mutu a cikin shekara ta 1980. Tuni dai limamai da dama suka cike mukamin, ciki har da irin su Sheikh Salih Abadi. A halin yanzu, Moulana Mugammad Carr da Sheikh Ismail Londt limamai ne na hadin gwiwa. Saboda wata takaddama game da wanda zai zama limami na gaba na ikilisiya, wani ɓangare na ƙungiyar Auwal ya rabu a cikin shekara ta 1807 kuma suka kafa masallaci na biyu na Cape Town, Masallacin Palm Tree a Long Street. Duba kuma Jerin masallatai na farko da akayi a kasar Musulunci a Afirka ta Kudu Manazarta