Our
History

The mosque was built by and named after an Arab merchant from Hadhramaut (a valley on eastern Yemen) named Syed Sharif Omar bin Ali Aljunied (1792 – 1852). After Sir Stamford Raffles founded Singapore in 1819, he invited Syed Sharif Omar and his uncle who was in Palembang in Sumatra to set up their business in Singapore. After arriving in Singapore, the Aljunieds became major landowners and philanthropists and shared much of their wealth with the community at large.