Tradisi membina legasi
A Tradition of Building Legacies
In 1873, Wak Tanjong, a trader and philanthropist, created a Wakaf by donating a piece of land at Kampong Wak Tanjong along Paya Lebar Road for the purpose of building a mosque. According to his great-great-grandson, Ustaz Mohammed Noor Taib (founder and then principal of Madrasah Wak Tanjong Al-Islamiah), Wak Tanjong had initially built a wooden mosque on the land. The current Masjid Wak Tanjong, with a blend of Anglo-Indian bungalow architecture and Malay kampong typology, was believed to be built in 1933.
In 1972, the mosque was expanded and later underwent a series of upgrading works in the late 1970s, 1990s, and the latest in 2018, with support from the Mosque Building and Mendaki Fund (MBMF)—a community Wakaf contributed by all Muslim employees in Singapore. Thanks to this community contribution, the mosque was given a breath of new life with a fresh coat of paint and is now family-, disabled- and elderly-friendly with lift, nursing room and ramp access.
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Mosque Management Board
Nailul Hafiz
Mosque Chairman
Mohammad Sidek
Vice Chairman I
Muhammad Bin
Mohamed Rahim
Vice Chairman II
Nurasrul Effendi
Secretary
Syahrul 'Afif
Assistant Secretary
Effendi Basri
Treasurer
Mohksin Rashid
Assistant Treasurer
Sabtu Ahmad Erin
Member
Mohamed Hamzah
Member
Rahimah Maarof
Member
Norhalijah Sabtu
Member
Mosque Staff
Sofiane Bessis
Senior Operations Executive
Mukhtar Habib
Mosque Religious Officer
Muhammad Ikram
Senior Sustainability & Community Engagement Executive
Ahmad Fathi
Senior Dakwah Assistant
Arina Adom
Senior Special Projects
Executive
Mohammed Ariffen
Admin Officer
Nurulhuda Md Noh
Marketing & Communication
Executive
Athira Adom
Data Analyst Executive
Muhammad Nashiir
Community Engagement
& Development Executive
Nazlin Mustaffa
Community Project Officer
Muhammad Irfan
Imam/Muazzin
Yusyaidah Yusop
Quranbit Operations Assistant Executive
Zamri Husain
Senior Operations Assistant