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The conversion of non-Islamic places of worship into mosques occurred during the life of Muhammad [citation needed] and continued during subsequent Islamic conquests and invasions and under historical Muslim rule. [citation needed] Hindu temples, Jain Temples, churches, synagogues, and Zoroastrian fire temples have been converted into mosques.
Mosques converted from churches (3 C, 15 P) ... Conversion of non-Islamic places of worship into mosques; A. Adhai Din Ka Jhonpra; Alamgir Mosque; Almonaster la Real ...
After the Muslim conquest of the Visigothic Kingdom (710~), the site of former main Visigothic church of Cordoba was divided and shared between Muslims and Christians for seven decades. Later, Abd al-Rahman I purchased the Christian part and built the large mosque in 785. [ 2 ]
Muhammad was lent $3 million from Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi to convert the former church. [3] The main hall in the mosque is for meetings, since it was originally the church's nave that contained pews later replaced with seats, [4] Mosque Maryam has an area within the mosque with plenty of open floor space to spread prayer rugs on which to ...
The Al-Sadiq Mosque in Chicago and the Powers Street Mosque are older by a decade but were converted from existing buildings to be used as a Muslim house of worship. An older purpose-built mosque is the Highland Park Mosque , built in 1921 to serve immigrant workers in the Detroit Metro Area, which was sold in 1926.
Chicago served as the movement's national headquarters until 1950, [5] when it was moved to the American Fazl Mosque in Washington, D.C. In 1994 the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community's USA headquarters were moved to Masjid Bait ur Rahman in Silver Spring, MD.
Known for his fiery sermons, and his efforts to help oppressed Muslims, Jamal is a well-respected imam and member of the community. Under Jamal's leadership, and with Saudi Arabia partially financing his salary, the mosque offers a politically conservative version of Islam, though moderate Muslims are also allowed to pray at the mosque.
Cathedral–Mosque of Córdoba, Initially a pagan worship place, then converted into church, and then the Umayyad Moors built a mosque on the site, which is now reconverted into a Christian cathedral Sometime toward the end of the fifth century, an abandoned "mithraeum" near present-day Motaro, was rebuilt as a church.