Mosques, Singapore

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Unfortunately I don't know much about this mosque. It looks very nice and I think it should be visited more. I couldn't see any trace of tourists here. I wasn't sure whether I could actually go inside this mosque. I had never been inside a mosque and thought that not muslims weren't allowed in. However we were allowed, but had to take our shoes of. We could walk everywhere except the place of worship. The mosque is bright coloured and just like everything in Singapore extremely clean and well maintained.

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Masjid Penempatan Melayu Sembawang Is Build In 1970 And Is Surrounded By Lush Greeneries Of Trees. If Im Not Mistaken, This Is The One Of The Oldest Mosque Left In Singapore! It Also Conducts Weekend Madrasah Classes As Well As Religious Classes On Weekdays. After Visiting Masjid Penempatan Melayu Sembawang Mosque, You Can Grab Lunch At The Nearby Bottle Tree Village. And Also Do Some Workout At Simpang Kiri Park Connector! Simpang Kiri Park Connector Is Almost 2.8km And Stretches All The Way To Yishun Avenue 2. Along The Pathway, There's A Wide Canal Leading To The Johor Straits, And You'll Also Find Fitness Stations And Benches To Rest After Having A Workout!

The golden dome of this mosque is glimpsed frommany angles in the surrounding area, but is seen best from Bussorah Street.
On Fridays, and at prayer times, the area is busy but much quieter than the nearby Arab Street for the rest of the week.
Outside there are separate ablution areas for men and women, who worship separately within the mosque. The steps approaching the prayer hall are an obstacle course past shoes which seem rarely to be put in the racks provided.
Non Muslims may approach the prayer hall if they remove their shoes, but may not enter the worship area which can be viewed from the doorway.

Named after the first Sultan of Singapore, the imposing structure that is the Sultan Mosque was built with a SGD3,000 grant from the East India Company. This is the largest mosque in Singapore and the present building was constructed in 1928. With its massive gold-topped dome and spacious prayer hall, the mosque has one particularly interesting feature--the base of the dome is made up of glass bottles

This is an important part of Singapore`s cultural landscape. Singapore`s Islamic population comes from a wide area - this is reflected in the street names around the mosque - Muscat, Kandahar and Baghdad Streets - named after prominent cities in the Islamic World.

The Sultan Mosque is quite welcoming to visitors. This is what you should do if you want to visit:

1. You have to register at the Tourist Register Counter (near the main entrance).
2. You should be appropriately dressed. If you aren`t, there is clothing available at the Tourist Register Counter. You should also remove your shoes and be quiet.
3. Taking photos is ok, but you should check first if you have a video camera.
4. You can`t go into the prayer hall unless you are going to pray.

Admission is as follows:
Friday: 2:30pm till 4pm
All other days: 9am till 1pm and 2pm till 4pm.

The carpet was given by a Saudi Prince.

The hall is off limit to non-Muslim but can still be seen from the surrounding halls. YOu have to remove your shoes at the entrance and the place is opened to visit when there are no ceremonies.

We were there in Ramadan, on Friday, around 1-2 pm, that means we saw a lot of nice Malay people coming out of the mosque, yeah, it was a great beginning insight to the city