Ndimose Village Islamic Centre

Brief Background

The uMzinyathi Madrassa was established years ago by Apa Fathima Dlomo when she realized that her community did not know anything about Islam. Apa Fathima, a former spiritual healer who embraced Islam at the age of 49, runs the Madrassa in her backyard.

She moved to uMzinyathi in 2017, due to her financial state started begging for meals for her and her daughters. She used to hear about Islam and concluded that it was a religion for only Indians, so she never bothered about it, until she started dreaming and seeing her prostrate like how Muslims pray. She then went to the Durban CBD to try and figure out what the dream meant, she then met a Muslim man who showed her where IPCI is located. She started her classes at IPCI and came back to uMzinyathi and started teaching the other widows and their children all that she had learned at IPCI.

The Madressa was introduced to HUDA SA by a local Imam who stated that the Apa requested assistance and facilitation of their Madressa as she had no prior support. Initially, a position was assigned to a local Sheikh to assist in running the Madrassa. However, upon investigation by HUDA SA, it became apparent that all the work was being carried out by the Muallima, who was employed solely to teach the female students.