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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.
This table lists former mosques with identified original buildings or ruins. It also includes those churches where the original structure of the mosque no longer survives and the church was built at the site of a former mosque. It also includes those that were originally churches that were converted to mosques and later reconverted to churches.
The Al Sadiq Mosque (or Wabash Mosque) was commissioned in 1922 in the Bronzeville neighborhood in city of Chicago. [1] The Al-Sadiq Mosque is one of America 's earliest built mosques and the oldest standing mosque in the country today.
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 ...
Buildings no longer used as mosques. These buildings may be used as a different place of worship such as temples, churches, and synagogues. These buildings may be used as museums as the Hagia Sophia , a former church, had been before its reversion into a mosque.
Mosques converted from churches in the Ottoman Empire (6 C, 7 P) Pages in category "Mosques converted from churches" The following 15 pages are in this category, out of 15 total.
It brings together a synagogue, church, mosque, and interfaith center on 38-acres in the American heartland of Omaha, Nebraska. Leadership from three institutions, Temple Israel, the Episcopal Diocese of Nebraska and the American Institute of Islamic Studies and Culture (now the American Muslim Institute), began to meet regularly.
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