Conversion of non-Muslim places of worship into mosques
The conversion of church buildings and shrines in mosques began already in the early phase of Islam, during the life of the Islamic prophet Muhammad and later continued during the Islamic conquests continued.
- 3.1 India
- 3.2 Indonesia
- 4.1 Bulgaria
- 4.2 Germany
- 4.3 France
- 4.4 Greece
- 4.5 Spain
- 4.6 Hungary
- 4.7 United Kingdom
Consequences of the transformations
Many Hindu temples, Christian churches, Jewish synagogues, Zoroastrian temple, in the modern era also Churches of the Baha'is and other shrines were converted into mosques. This Umwandelungen to this day continue to political disputes for example in Israel or even in India. In India it was because of such a conflict in Ayodhya in 1992 more than 2000 people came to life. The Indian Ram Goel lists in the book Hindu Temples - What Happened to Them from Hindu- nationalist view already around 2,000 mosques that were built in places of earlier Hindu temple.
Several such structural conversions in mosques in Muslim or former Muslim -dominated countries have since been reversed. In addition, some of these buildings have been converted to museums, such as Hagia Sophia in Istanbul, Turkey. In non-Muslim countries new mosques are being built today by purchase acquisition in place of other religions, secular buildings or former civil buildings.
Among the best known such conversions include:
Middle East, Islamic countries
Saudi Arabia
- Kaaba
- Al -Haram Mosque in Mecca
Israel and Palestine
- Anim Synagogue
- Al- Muallaq Mosque in Acre
- Machpelah in Hebron
- Al- Khanqah al - Salahiyya mosque in Jerusalem
- Eshtemoa synagogue
- Great Mosque of Gaza
- Old Synagogue of Katzrin ( Golan Heights )
- Al- Khadra in Nablus
- St. John's Cathedral ( Nabi Yahya Mosque ) in Samaria
- An- Nasr Mosque in Nablus
- Synagogue of Susya
- Temple Mount mosques in Jerusalem
- Jezzar - Pasha Mosque in Acre
Syria
- Al Nuri Mosque in Homs United
- Great Mosque of Hama
- Al- Halawiyah Madrassa in Aleppo
- Umayyad Mosque ( St. Helena Cathedral) in Aleppo
- Al- Muqaddamiyah Madrasa in Aleppo
- Umayyad Mosque in Damascus
Egypt
- Cathedral of Qasr Ibrim
Algeria
Libya
- Gamal Abdel -Nasser Mosque in Tripoli
Turkey
- Hagia Sophia in Istanbul
- Church of the Apostles ( Constantinople Opel ) - it was demolished and in its place the Fathi Mosque built ( = Arab conquerors. ).
- Chora Church in Istanbul
- Pammakaristos church in Istanbul
- Studio monastery in Istanbul
- Little Hagia Sophia in Istanbul
- Kilise Camii ( Vefa ) in Istanbul
- Zeyrek Mosque in Istanbul
- Armenian Cathedral of Ani
- Hagia Sophia in Trabzon
- Armenian Cathedral of Kars
- Fatih ( = Arab. Conquerors ) mosque in Trabzon
- Nakip mosque in Trapzon
- Armenian Narekavank monastery at Van
- Yeni Cuma Mosque in Trabzon
- Broken Minaret, Antalya
- Koca Mustafa Pasha Mosque in Istanbul
- Eski Imaret Mosque in Istanbul
- Sancaktar Hayrettin Mosque in Istanbul
- Fenari Isa Mosque in Istanbul
- Hirami Ahmet Pasha Mosque in Istanbul
- Bodrum Mosque Mosque in Istanbul
- Atik Mustafa Pasha Mosque in Istanbul
- Gül Mosque in Istanbul
- Kalenderhane Mosque in Istanbul
- Georgian Haho Monastery in Bağbaşı Erzurum province.
- Georgian Kiiche in Barhal
- Arap Mosque in Istanbul
Cyprus
- St. Catherine's Church ( Haydarpasha Mosque ) in Nicosia
- Lala Mustafa Pasha Mosque in Famagusta
- Selimiye Mosque in Nicosia
India and the Far East
India
- Babri Mosque in Ayodhya
- Gyanvapi mosque in Varanasi
- Kashi Vishwanath Temple in Varanasi -
- Somnath in Veraval
- Qutb complex in Delhi
Indonesia
- Masjid Menara Kudus Kudus in Java
Europe
Bulgaria
- Sweta Sofia Church in Sofia
Germany
- New Apostolic Church in Berlin- Tempelhof
- Methodist Church in Mönchengladbach
- Evangelical makeshift church John Kielstrasse, Dortmund, Merkez Camii now ( DİTİB )
France
- Toulon Cathedral ( Cathédrale Sainte -Marie -Majeure ou de la Sède ) in Toulon for 1543-1544
Greece
- Parthenon in Athens ( during the period of Turkish rule, a mosque was built in )
- Panagia Acheiropoietos in Thessaloniki
- Panagia Chalkeon in Thessaloniki
- Hagios Demetrios in Thessaloniki
- Church of Elijah the Prophet (Thessaloniki )
- Church of the Holy Pandeleimon (Thessaloniki )
- Church of the Holy Apostles (Thessaloniki )
Spain
- Mezquita - Catedral de Córdoba in Cordoba ( Mosque - Cathedral of Córdoba), Andalucía
Hungary
- Matthias Church in Budapest
United Kingdom
USA
- Mosque Maryam (Mary Mosque) the Nation of Islam in Chicago