Cassim Sema

Ml Cassim Mohammed Sema (12 May 1920 – 9 June 2007) was a South African Sunni Muslim scholar who established the first madrasa in South Africa and possibly the first madrasa that uses English as its medium of instruction. He was the founder of Darul Uloom Newcastle.

Biography Ml Cassim Mohammed Sema was born on 12 May 1920 in Newcastle. He graduated from the Jamia Islamia Talimuddin in the traditional dars-e-nizami in October 1942.

Ml Sema died on 9 June 2007 and Mufti Faiyazur Rahim whom Ml Sema appointed as the Bukhari teacher lead the Janaaza Salah. His funeral was attended by 4000 people.