Mosque

A church’s deal to buy Cape Town’s heritage-listed Good Hope Centre collapsed, and a mosque has emerged as the proposed buyer, though the city has not disclosed the price or conditions.

A church’s deal to buy Cape Town’s heritage-listed Good Hope Centre collapsed, and a mosque has emerged as the proposed buyer, though the city has not disclosed the price or conditions.

Churches and a mosque in Nairobi’s Makongeni Estate were demolished or ordered out to make way for a Kenyan government affordable-housing project, with one pastor saying his church had invested 6 million shillings and asking for three months to relocate.

Lindisfarne Uniting Church, built in 1903 on Hobart’s eastern shore, was sold and will become the House of Guidance Hobart mosque, with Uniting Church leaders welcoming its continued use for worship and community.

Turkey formally reopened Istanbul’s Byzantine Chora Church as a mosque in 2024, after it had served as a mosque from the 16th century and as a museum from 1945, with its mosaics covered during prayers.