Masjid Maarof

Masjid Maarof
Religion
AffiliationSunni Islam
Location
Location20 Jurong West Street 26, Singapore 648125
CountrySingapore
Location in Singapore
Coordinates1°20′54″N 103°42′17″E / 1.3484486°N 103.7047785°E / 1.3484486; 103.7047785
Architecture
TypeMosque
StyleModern architecture
FounderWarees Investments[1]
Established2014
Completed2016

Masjid Maarof (Jawi: مسجد معروف; transliterated: Masjid Maʿrūf) is a mosque located in the Jurong West sector of Jurong, Singapore. Built in 2016, it is situated next to the main fire station of its locality at the junction of Jalan Bahar and Jurong West Avenue. The mosque is a tribute to Masjid Al-Ma'arof, an old mosque located at Kampong Glam that was demolished in the 1990s.[1]

History

The construction of a mosque in Jurong West was first announced in 2014.[2][3] This mosque was subsequently named Masjid Maarof and was intended to be a tribute to Masjid Al-Ma'arof, which was an old mosque and former surau located at Kampong Glam which was built in 1870, but later demolished in 1996 to make way for residential redevelopments.[2][4][5] Upon the announcement of the construction of the new mosque of Jurong West, relics from the demolished mosque were displayed in museums as part of the tribute celebration.[5] The construction of Masjid Maarof took two years, with the mosque being nearly complete by late April of 2016.[6][7] The official inauguration ceremony of the mosque took place on 19 August 2016, ten days after the National Day celebrations.[8]

Masjid Maarof was amongst the mosques affected by the nationwide COVID-19 pandemic and was closed in March 2020.[9] The mosque reopened after the pandemic and continued regular operations as per usual. President Tharman Shanmugaratnam visited the mosque in 2025 during the Islamic month of Ramadan as part of a community event with zakat beneficiaries.[10]

Transportation

Masjid Maarof is located at the junction of Jalan Bahar and Jurong West Avenue, with buses 172 and 405 leading to streets adjacent to the mosque itself.[11][12] Coincidentally, Masjid Pusara Aman is also located along Jalan Bahar and is served by the same bus services. The nearest MRT station to the mosque is Boon Lay MRT station on the East–West line. When the Jurong West MRT station on the Jurong Region Line is completed, the mosque will be directly accessible from there.[13]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "Projects: Maarof Mosque, Jurong West". Warees Investments. 2016-08-19. Retrieved 2026-03-03.
  2. ^ a b "Old name for new mosque in Jurong". The Straits Times. 28 June 2014. p. 12.
  3. ^ "Masjid Maarof serikan Jurong West" [Maarof Mosque to be in Jurong West]. Berita Harian (in Malay). 9 December 2014. p. 7.
  4. ^ Yap, Mathew; Tan, Judy (27 January 1986). "200 shophouses along North Bridge Road have to go". The Straits Times. p. 10. MORE than 200 shop- houses and a century-old mosque in the North Bridge Road area will soon make way for urban redevelopment. The Al-Ma'arof Mosque, which is also affected by the acquisition, was first built in 1870 and later re-built in 1928. According to its care-taker, Mr Mohd Sidek, 65, up to 600 people worship there on Fridays. Mr Mohd has been the mosque's caretaker for 15 years. The URA could not yet say whether an alternative site had been alloted for the mosque.
  5. ^ a b "Khazanah Masjid Maarof" [Treasure of the Maarof Mosque]. Berita Harian (in Malay). 16 July 2014. p. 15.
  6. ^ "New mosque to be ready in time for Hari Raya Haji". The Straits Times. 30 April 2016. p. 1.
  7. ^ "Masjid Maarof penuhi keperluan penduduk Jurong" [Maarof Mosque meets the needs of Jurong residents]. Berita Harian (in Malay). 19 December 2016. p. 6.
  8. ^ "Masjid Maarof dirasmi hari ini" [Masjid Maarof is being inaugurated today]. Berita Harian (in Malay). 19 August 2016. p. 13.
  9. ^ "All mosques here to remain closed until March 26". The Straits Times. 17 March 2020. p. 18.
  10. ^ Yang, Wong (2025-03-09). "Muis to give nearly $3.1 million of zakat funds to 8,200 beneficiaries during Ramadan". The Straits Times. ISSN 0585-3923. Retrieved 2026-03-03.
  11. ^ "Go-Ahead Bus Service 172 | Land Transport Guru". 2020-12-31. Retrieved 2026-02-11.
  12. ^ "Go-Ahead Bus Service 405 | Land Transport Guru". 2020-12-31. Retrieved 2026-02-11.
  13. ^ "Masjid Maarof (Mosque) - 20 Jurong West Street 26 (S)648125". www.streetdirectory.com. Retrieved 2026-03-03.
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