The Moturu Kramat a sacred site for Muslim pilgrimage on Robben Island was built in 1969 to commemorate Sayed Abdurahman Moturu

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The Moturu Kramat a sacred site for Muslim pilgrimage on Robben Island was built in 1969 to commemorate Sayed Abdurahman Moturu the Prince of Madura. Moturu one of Cape Town's first imams was exiled to the island in the mid-1740s and died there in 1754. Muslim political prisoners would pay homage at the shrine before leaving the island.

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