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Masjid
Omar
Salmah,
which
can
have
up
to
300
worshippers,
was
introduced
in
1973
on
raised
grounds
encompassed
by
conceal
trees
in
Kampong
Jantai.
Due
to
expanded
Jemaah
utilization
of
a
particularly
old
Kampung
Jantai
Surau,
Masjid
Omar
Salmah
was
worked
to
supplant
it.
It
was
built
with
financial
assistance
from
Syed
Ibrahim
bin
Omar
Alsagoff,
a
leading
member
of
the
Alsagoff
family.
Syed
Ibrahim's
parents,
Syed
Omar
and
Salmah,
were
the
inspiration
for
the
mosque's
name.
The
mosque
used
to
serve
the
local
villagers
and
staff,
as
well
as
the
nearby
Kampong
Nekat
on
Onraet
Road.
At
one
look,
it
resembled
some
other
kampung
house
which
is
gradually
turning
into
an
uncommon
sight
in
a
city
of
substantial
wilderness
–
a
one-story
building
with
a
zinc
rooftop
–
alongside
its
area
simply
inverse
the
National
Equestrian
Center
close
to
the
Caldecott
Hill,
radiates
a
wonderfully
serene
provincial
energy
that
is
immediately
inviting
to
all
guests.
Today,
Masjid
Omar
Salmah
keeps
on
being
the
point
of
convergence
for
most
Muslims
working
inside
the
Thomson
territory
to
gather
even
after
the
resettlement
of
the
residents
of
Kampung
Jantai
in
the
early
1980s.
In
any
case,
its
principle
guests
and
darlings
are
its
more
established
ones,
the
ones
who
used
to
live
in
the
Kampung
and
miss
it
as
it
were.
Because
of
its
area,
and
the
superb
land
it
sits
upon,
Masjid
Omar
Salmah
has
been
as
often
as
possible
compromised
and
threatened
with
the
possibility
of
demolition.
The
mosque's
property
is
possessed
by
the
public
authority,
it
was
not
purchased
by
the
Arab
merchant
who
raised
the
mosque,
the
public
authority
could
hold
onto
the
land,
in
spite
of
the
fact
that
there
are
presently
no
designs
to
foster
the
land.
The
mosque,
which
still
runs
under
a
Temporary
Occupation
License,
continues
today
thanks
to
liberal
gifts
of
charitable
donors
and
a
team
of
unpaid
volunteers.
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