By Zakir Hussain

FIFTY-cent deductions from the monthly pay packet of Muslims helped build the Muhajirin Mosque along Braddell Road in 1977.

On Friday, the transformed mosque which sits on its original Toa Payoh site was officially opened ahead of Friday prayers, after 2 1/2 years of redevelopment.

Also unveiled was a Mosque Building Fund (MBF) gallery, in the foyer of the mosque, which traces the history of these deductions that have built 23 mosques all over the island.