Nizamiye Turkish Mosque Midrand, Johannesburg
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The Nizamiye Turkish Masjid in Midrand, the first Ottoman-style mosque in the Southern Hemisphere.
The mosque is, in fact, a smaller replica of the Selimiye Camii mosque in Edirne, Turkey.
Some of the architectural features visitors can marvel at are generously proportioned courtyards, arched stained-glass windows, 21 small domes, marble columns, sweeping staircases, fountains, rich mosaics, and Turkish calligraphy on the walls and ceiling.
Its funder was a retired Turkish property developer, Ali Katircioglu, who spent a few years encamped in a caravan on the site of the building, watching it take shape. ‘Uncle Ali’, it is said, was inspired to embark on the project by the teachings of a Turkish preacher
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