Tunku Abdur Rahman, Prime Minister of Malaysia, visits Woking Mosque

Tunku Abdur Rahman (1903–1990) was the famous first Prime Minister of Malaya and then Malaysia from 1957 to 1970. While Prime Minister, he visited the Woking Mosque.

The first two photographs below show Tunku Abdur Rahman at the Woking Mosque on the occasion of Id-ul-Fitr on 19th March 1961. After the sermon, he addressed the congregation which numbered over 4000.

Above: Imam of the Woking Mosque, Mr. Shaikh Muhammad Tufail, welcomes Tunku Abdur Rahman

Above: Tunku Abdur Rahman (left), Shaikh Muhammad Tufail (centre), and Dr. Sunario, Indonesian ambassador in U.K. (right)

The photograph below shows Tunku Abdur Rahman at the Woking Mosque in 1965 (right most). His wife is in the centre. The Imam, Shaikh Muhammad Tufail is on the left in the back row.