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Ammar Mosque Happy Valley Hong Kong.png

Submitted by eurasian_david on Thu, 2020-06-18 18:20

Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos):

1950

This grainy cropped photo is from the larger Happy Valley Racecourse photo from the 1950s <Read more ...>

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Ammar Mosque (2nd Generation) [c.1945-1978]

Submitted by eurasian_david on Thu, 2020-06-18 18:16

Date Place completed:

c.1945-01-01 (Year is approximate)

Date Place demolished:

c.1978-12-01 (Month is approximate)

The small Ammar mosque in Happy Valley was re-built after World War II adjacent to the Muslim cemetery to offer Janazah (Funeral) prayers but also accommodated the needs of the five daily prayers as demand grew. It acted as a religious, cultural and communal focus for a number of Hong Kong Muslims in addition to the Shelley Street mosque. <Read more ...>