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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.
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.
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.
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Nov. 22—SUFFIELD — Dozens of residents filled the Town Hall meeting room Monday night to oppose a plan to turn the former St. Joseph's Church on South Main Street into apartments. The ...
St. Bartholomew's Anglican Church (Tonawanda, New York) Synagogue of Santa María la Blanca; Scolagrande Synagogue; Scolanova Synagogue; Shiloh Baptist Church (Cleveland, Ohio) Synagogue of El Tránsito