Turkish Cooperation and Coordination Company (TİKA) has accomplished and inaugurated the Hamidiye Mosque Ornamentation Undertaking in Johannesburg, South Africa. The undertaking goals to strengthen the historic and cultural ties between Türkiye and the South African Muslim neighborhood.
The Hamidiye Mosque, constructed within the mid-Nineteenth century, holds historic significance as the location the place Mahatma Gandhi launched the civil disobedience motion with the go burning in 1908. In 1980, the mosque was designated as a cultural heritage website and was renovated by TİKA on the request of Jamiatul Ulama. As a part of the undertaking, the mosque’s important ceiling was adorned with the Surahs of Al-Fath and Al-Fatiha, whereas the ladies’s prayer house was adorned with conventional Turkish motifs. Sultan Abdulhamid II’s tughra was positioned on the entrance of the mosque.
Deputy Minister of Social Growth, Ganief Hendricks; Turkish Ambassador to South Africa, Ayşegül Kandaş; TİKA’s Coordinator in Pretoria, Abdulkadir Abukan; Jamiatul Ulama Secretary Normal and Hamidiye Mosque Imam, Ebrahim Bham; Muslim MPs, diplomats and representatives from NGOs attended the opening ceremony.
Talking on the ceremony, Ambassador Kandaş highlighted the importance of collaborating with the South African Muslim neighborhood and underscored the worth of TİKA’s tasks in South Africa.
Hendricks expressed his gratitude to TİKA for the mosque’s ornamentation undertaking and shared his household’s historic connection to the mosque. He famous that his great-grandfather was one of many founding members and had organized a fundraising assembly in entrance of the mosque throughout the Tripoli Conflict to assist the Ottoman Empire.
TİKA’s Coordinator in Pretoria Abukan said that TİKA will proceed its efforts to protect shared heritage in South Africa and strengthen present connections.
Mr. Bham, Secretary Normal of Jamiatul Ulama and Imam of Hamidiye Mosque, referred to the congratulatory and welcome letter introduced by the mosque neighborhood to Ottoman Consul Normal Mehmet Remzi Bey. He emphasised that the mosque has been a logo of shared heritage for Turkish and South African Muslims since its institution.
In the course of the opening ceremony, Islamic calligraphy artist Refik Çarıkçı launched the undertaking to the visitors and demonstrated calligraphy strategies.
This undertaking is seen as a major step in strengthening the ties between Türkiye and the South African Muslim neighborhood, preserving shared cultural heritage and advancing diplomatic relations.
Distributed by APO Group on behalf of Turkish Cooperation and Coordination Company (TIKA).