Boorhaanol Islam was built in 1884 and is situated in Longmarket Street. It was originally known as Pilgrim Mosque. This was where the first minaret was built in Cape Town and was made of wood. After it blew off in a storm in the late 1930’s it was replaced by a concrete structure. It was then decided to renovate the entire mosque. It was during these renovations that the name of the mosque was changed to Masjied Boorhaanol Islam in 1970.It is the only mosque in Cape Town which was declared a national monument. The Boorhaanol mosque was also very much concerned with the upliftment of the community and established the Boorhaanol Recreational Movement on 7 October 1966. This was initiated by Imam Abdurahmaan Bassier the Imam of the mosque at that time.
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