Masjid Omar Salmah
Masjid Omar Salmah is a mosque located along Jalan Mashhor in Thomson, Singapore. It was built in 1973 by Syed Ibrahim, an Arab merchant from the Alsagoff family. A traditional village-styled mosque, it has a capacity of around 300 worshippers and is within walking distance of the Bukit Brown MRT station which has yet to be constructed since 2005.
History
The mosque was built along the Jalan Mashhor road in 1973, with extensive financial support from Syed Ibrahim bin Omar Alsagoff, an Arab Singaporean merchant. It was opened on 27 September of that same year while the first khutbah was held on 5 October. The mosque was originally intended to serve the residents of a nearby village, Kampong Jantai. With the exception of Lorong Buangkok, all villages in Singapore have been demolished for urbanisation and thus Kampong Jantai is no longer existent. Following redevelopment in the area, the mosque was threatened with demolition twice but the plans for demolition work were cancelled afterward.The mosque is located on land that is renewed every year to maintain the mosque's survival. Redevelopment efforts in places around the Bukit Brown Cemetery resulted in concerns about the mosque's survival, until 2012 when the government confirmed the mosque would be completely unaffected.
The mosque is well known for its very isolated location in the country.