Islamic Centre Jamiyah
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| Islamic Centre Jamiyah | |
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| Religion | |
| Affiliation | Sunni Islam |
| Location | |
| Location | 31 Lor 12 Geylang, Singapore 399006 |
| Country | Singapore |
.svg)  Location in Singapore | |
| Coordinates | 1°18′37″N 103°52′44″E / 1.3103172°N 103.8788156°E |
| Architecture | |
| Type | Islamic cultural centre, conference hall, and mosque |
| Style | Indo-Saracenic architecture |
| Founder | Jamiyah Singapore |
| Completed | 1985 |
| Minaret | 1 |
| Website | |
| https://www.jamiyah.org.sg/our-history | |
The Islamic Centre Jamiyah (Malay: Pusat Islam Jamiyah; Arabic: مركز الجامعة الاسلامي; transliterated Markaz al-Jāmi‘ah al-Islāmī) is an Islamic cultural centre located in Geylang, Singapore. It is the main headquarters of the Jamiyah Singapore organization. Although the centre was established as early as 1932, the current building, which contains a mosque, conference hall, and offices, was opened in 1985.
The centre was founded in 1932 as a single-story building. It was destroyed during World War II (1941–1945) and was hence completely rebuilt in 1949.[1][2] Later in 1967, the centre was rebuilt again and renamed as the King Faisal Muslim Lecture Hall, in recognition of the Faisal bin Abdulaziz Al Saud who financed a complete reconstruction of the place.[3] The centre was then torn down and reconstructed from the ground up in the 1980s, before being reopened in 1985 as a new four-storey building which contained a mosque, offices and general headquarters for the Jamiyah Singapore organization.[4][5] The construction of the mosque was financed by the Angullia family that was also responsible for building Masjid Angullia at Farrer Park, Masjid Haji Yusoff at Upper Serangoon, and reconstructing Masjid Kebun Limau at Whampoa.[6] The building was later upgraded in 1997, with three more storeys added to the top of the building.[7]