Talk:Islam in South Africa
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(Too?) many details about the present, not much information with regard to the background (Cape-Malays, Indian immigration) Marriex 14:15, 19 Apr 2005 (UTC)
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[edit] Articles for Deletion debate
This article survived an Articles for Deletion debate. The discussion can be found here. Owen× ☎ 21:16, 28 January 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Islam among ethnic groups
I am removing this (incorrectly named) section; the reference web site cannot be accessed without a sign-in, and the fact that one of the population categories is "Mine Kaffir" infers that the data is so old as to be useless. Humansdorpie 18:09, 29 March 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Needs Rewrite
The entire page needs a rewrite. Information is sketchy, not comprehensive (historically and otherwise), outdated in some cases. And, this entry really is not an academic piece. As an example, note the first sentence about Islam "probably" having been in South Africa from precolonial times.
[edit] Needs to be added to?
How about having a breakdown of number of muslims by province?
Also read elsewhere that South Africa was the 1st place in the world where a woman lead a prayer (in jamaat). That definately needs mentioning.
As for charitable cause championed under the banner of Islam, how about compiling a list of some sort. Islamic Medical Association is a great example.
If possible a mention of Hanafi and Shafi distribution in South Africa.
Was there not a series of bombings and other forms of violence that were attributed to Muslim Groups or individual Muslims around 1995. I do kind of remember an organisation that was called something against gangs and drugs. A interenal link to a seperate article that would fully expound on this would be highly useful.
A list of Mosques would maybe be welcome as well. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Cape fox (talk • contribs) 21:44, 12 January 2007 (UTC).
How about updating current Muslim population by ethnicity? For example, there has been an influx of Pakistani Muslims and Bangladeshi Muslims as well as Mozambican, Somalian, Malawian and Arab Muslims (North African origin)
[edit] Percentage of the population?
How many percent of the South-African poulation is muslim? I didn't find anything about that in the article. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 213.196.241.5 (talk) 16:51, 2 September 2007 (UTC)
