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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.
Pages in category "Mosques converted from churches" The following 15 pages are in this category, out of 15 total. ... Conversion of non-Islamic places of worship into ...
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.
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.
Destroyed in a bombing in 1965, after Malcolm X's assassination. Successor to the Sunni Muslim mosque that was named Muslim Mosque, Inc., which was started by Malcolm X after Malcolm X split from Elijah Muhammad in 1964. The mosque is located at 102 West 116th Street. Hazrati Abu Bakr Siddique: New York City: New York: 1986 Masjid al-Ikhlas ...
Pages in category "Churches converted from mosques" ... Downtown Candlemas Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary; G. ... a non-profit organization.
Mosque Maryam, also known as Muhammad Mosque #2 or Temple #2, is the headquarters of the Nation of Islam, located in Chicago, Illinois. It is at 7351 South Stony Island Avenue in the South Shore neighborhood. [1] Louis Farrakhan's headquarters are not on the premises.