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The Al-Amin Mosque (Malay : Masjid Al-Amin) is a mosque located at Telok Blangah, Singapore.
The mosque was built in the second phase of the Mosque Building and Mendaki Fund and completed in 1991. [1]
It replaced a former mosque, Masjid Radin Mas, when it closed in 2001. [2]
The mosque is accessible from Telok Blangah MRT station.
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Telok Blangah is a subzone region and housing estate located in the area behind Keppel Harbour in Bukit Merah, Singapore. Teluk Blanga is the district between Pasir Panjang and Tanjong Pagar.
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Masjid Temenggong Daeng Ibrahim also known as Masjid Diraja Teluk Blangah, is a historical royal mosque located along 30 Telok Blangah Road in Singapore. Near the mosque is the Johor Royal Mausoleum and Tanah Kubor Temenggong Johor, a small unkempt cemetery all co-located on site. The grounds of the mosque, mausoleum and cemetery are owned by the State of Johor for the Sultan of Johor. It is one of two mosques in the country not under purview by Majlis Ugama Islam Singapura but come under management of the Johor Religious Department.
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