From afar, you can see the mosque standing out against Yishun Neighbourhood Park behind. Completed in 1987, this mosque was built through the initiative of the Muslim community in Yishun New Town.
When the new town started in the late 1970s, there were no mosques within the town itself. The nearest mosques were in Sembawang or along Upper Thomson Road. Prayers were therefore conducted at the void decks of housing estates or at home.
In 1983, the Muslim residents formed a committee to build a mosque and started a fund-raising campaign. Muslims who were staying in kampungs nearby, such as Kampong Tanjong Irau, also chipped in to help. After four years, the mosque was finally completed.
Today, the mosque is a religious and communal centre for Yishun’s Muslim residents. Apart from its religious functions, it also plays a social role by providing educational and welfare programmes.