Ammar Mosque and Islamic Centre

About this place

The Ammar Mosque and Osman Ramju Sadick Islamic Centre is an eight-storey building in Wan Chai, also known as the Wan Chai Mosque. It was the third mosque built in Hong Kong and is among the main centres for the city's Muslims, where a Muslim visitor can find a place to pray and halal food under one roof. Its roots lie in a small mosque beside the city's first Muslim cemetery, whose earliest grave dates to 1864. A new mosque went up after the Second World War, and in December 1978 its land was requisitioned for the Aberdeen Tunnel, so the government offered a plot on Oi Kwan Road. Building began in September 1979, it opened on 14 September 1981, and a major renovation followed in 2012. The white facade has tall green panels and arched entrances, with the mosque's name in English and Arabic. Ablution areas for men and women are on the first floor, the men's prayer hall on the second and the women's on the third. Floors four to eight hold a halal Chinese restaurant, a halal bakery, medical services, classrooms, a library and meeting rooms. It lies between Wan Chai and Causeway Bay stations, and it is 2.8 km in a straight line from the Jamia Mosque. It is an active place of worship, so avoid prayer times unless you are joining them, dress modestly, and women should cover their hair. Check the restaurant's hours before you go, as they can change.