Along Sembawang Road, you can see this old mosque, which is over 40 years old. Established in 1961, it began as a surau (Malay: small prayer house) in the small Malay kampung which used to exist here.
This mosque is named after Ahmad bin Ibrahim, former trade unionist and Minister for Labour (1961-1962). In 1955, a surau known as Surau Nee Soon Jalan Ulu Seletar was started to serve the Muslims who had settled in this area. Ahmad bin Ibrahim, who was then representing Sembawang in the Legislative Assembly, encouraged the villagers to upgrade the surau to a mosque, and helped to improve the facilities here.
When the mosque was completed, it was named after him. The villagers also started a madrasah (Islamic school) in 1958 to provide religious education for their children. When the mosque was built, the wooden building consisted of only a main prayer hall. Over the years, the mosque was extended. Presently, this mosque has about 2,000 regular worshippers.