Masjid Omar Kampong Melaka
Masjid Omar Kampong Melaka (or ''Omar Kampong Malacca Mosque''; Jawi alphabet, Jawi: مسجد عمر کامڤوڠ ملاک) is a mosque in Singapore, and is located at Keng Cheow Street in the Singapore River Planning Area, within the Central Area, Singapore, Central Area, Singapore's central business district. The mosque is owned by Majlis Ugama Islam Singapura. Transportation The mosque is accessible from Clarke Quay MRT station. See also *Islamic architecture *List of first mosques by country *List of mosques in Singapore References *National Heritage Board (2002), ''Singapore's 100 Historic Places'', Archipelago Press, External links eCitizen website
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List Of First Mosques By Country
The designation of the oldest mosques in the world requires careful use of definitions, and must be divided into two parts, the oldest in the sense of oldest surviving building, and the oldest in the sense of oldest mosque congregation. Even here, there is the distinction between old mosque buildings that have been in continuous use as mosques, and those that have been converted to other purposes; and between buildings that have been in continuous use as mosques and those that were shuttered for many decades. In terms of congregations, they are distinguished between early established congregations that have been in continuous existence, and early congregations that ceased to exist. Note that the major regions, such as Africa and Eurasia, are sorted alphabetically, whereas the minor regions, such as, and Arabia and South Asia, are sorted by the dates in which their first mosques were reportedly established, more or less, barring those that are mentioned by name in the Quran. To be ...
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