A Mosque of Arab origin in Singapore : History, Functions and Networks

Mona Abaza This paper attempt to draw a close picture on an Arab origin mosque in Singapore, the Ba'alawi mosque. It attempts to bring detailed material on the physical and social setting of the mosque to reveal the networks with the Middle East and the cosmopolitanism of its Imam. This paper will briefly highlight the history of the Arabs and this mosque. It will moreover focus on everyday activities of the mosque and upon the hawl (the commemoration of the death of the father of the Imam).Abaza Mona. A Mosque of Arab origin in Singapore : History, Functions and Networks. In: Archipel, volume 53, 1997. pp. 61-83