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Conversion of non-Islamic places of worship to mosques

Hindu temples

Country/Place

Then

Now

India

Shri Ram Mandir1

Babri Masjid

Varanasi, India

Bindu Madhav

Alamgir Mosque

India

Kashi Vishwanath Mandir

Gyanvapi Mosque

Kudus, Indonesia

Balinese Hindu temple

Menara Kudus Mosque or Al-Aqsha Mosque

Buddhist statues and sites

Country/Place

Then

Now

Afghanistan

Buddhas of Bamyan

Bamyan Valley with destroyed Buddha structure

Zoroastrian fire temples

Country/Place

Then

Now

Al-Shaykh Saad, Syria

Church of Job

Mosque of Job

Damghan, Iran

Tarikhaneh Temple

Tarikhaneh Mosque

Iran

Zoroastrian fire temple

Jameh Mosque of Qazvin

Isfahan, Iran

Chahartaq

Jāmeh Mosque of Ardestan

Yazd Province of Iran

Sassanid fire temple

Jāmeh Mosque of Yazd

Tehran, Iran

A sanctuary of the goddess Anahita, Indo-Iranian goddess and cosmological figure

Bibi Shahr Banu Shrine

Synagogues/Holy sites for Judaism

Country/Place

Then

Now

Jerusalem

Temple Mount

Dome of the Rock & Al-Aqsa mosque

Hebron

Cave of the Patriarchs2

Ibrahimi Mosque

Halhoul

Tombs of Nathan and Gad

Mosque of Prophet Yunus

London

Orthodox Jewish synagogue

 Brick Lane Mosque

The Hague, Netherlands

Synagogue

Aksa mosque

Christian churches

Country/Place

Then

Now

Syria

Church of Job

Al-Shaykh Saad

Lezhë, Albania.

Church of Saint Nicholas3

Selimije Mosque

Bosnia

Catholic Church of Saint Anthony of Padua

 Fethija Mosque

Istanbul

Church of Hagia Sophia

The Grand Mosque of Hagia Sophia

Istanbul

Church of the Holy Apostles

Fatih Mosque 

Istanbul

Church of the Pantocrator

Zeyrek Mosque

Istanbul

Church of SS Sergius and Bacchus

Little Hagia Sophia

Istanbul

Church of Saint Andrew

Koca Mustafa Pasha Mosque

Istanbul

Church of Saint Thekla

Atik Mustafa Pasha Mosque

Istanbul

Nunnery of Saint Theodosia

Gül Mosque

Istanbul

Chora Church 

Kariye Mosque.

Istanbul

Monastery of Stoudios

İmrahor Mosque.

Istanbul

Church of Saint John

Hirami Ahmet Pasha Mosque

Istanbul

Church of Myrelaion

Bodrum Mosque

Istanbul

Catholic Church of Saint Paul

Arap Mosque

Istanbul

The Lips Monastery

Fenari Isa Mosque

Istanbul

The Monastery of Christ Pantepoptes         

Eski Imaret Mosque

Istanbul

Church of Theotokos Kyriotissa

Kalenderhane Mosque

Istanbul

Church of Hagios Theodoros at Vefa

Mosque of Vefa

Istanbul

The Monastery of Manuel

Kefeli Mosque

Istanbul

The Monastery of Gastria Sancaktar

Hayrettin Mosque

Istanbul

Church of Saint Mary of Constantinople

Odalar Mosque

Istanbul

The Pammakaristos Church

Fethiye Mosque

Istanbul

The Eastern Orthodox church

Toklu Dede Mosque

Istanbul

The monastery of the Holy Martyrs Menodora, Metrodora, and Nymphadora

Manastır Mosque

Trabzon

Panagia Chrysokephalos Church

Fatih Mosque

Trabzon

Byzantine church

Nakip Mosque

Trabzon

Hagios Eugenios Church

New Friday Mosque

Trabzon

Saint Paul Cathedral

Tarsus Old Mosque

Antalya

Church of Virgin Mary

Kesik Minare

Tirilye

Church of Christ and Saint Stephen

Fatih Mosque in Tirilye

Famagusta, Cyprus

St. Nicholas Cathedral

 Lala Mustafa Pasha Mosque

Nicosia, Cyprus

St. Sophia Cathedral

Selimiye Mosque

Greece

The Church of the Acheiropoietos

Eski Mosque

Greece

Church of Hosios David

Suluca or Murad Mosque

Greece

Church of Prophet Elijah

Saraylı Mosque

Greece

Church of Saint Catherine

Yakup Pasha Mosque

Greece

Church of Saint Panteleimon

Ishakiye Mosque

Greece

Church of Holy Apostles

Soğuksu Mosque

Greece

Church of Hagios Demetrios

Kasımiye Mosque

Greece

Rotonda of Galerius

Mosque of Suleyman Hortaji Effendi

Greece

The Cathedral Church of Veria

Hünkar Mosque

Greece

Church of Saint Paul in Veria

Medrese Mosque

Ioannina

Church of Saint John

Aslan Pasha Mosque

Athens         

Byzantine basilica

Fethiye Mosque

Kars, Armenia

Holy Apostles Church

Kümbet Mosque

Gaziantep in Turkey

St Mary's Church Cathedral

Liberation Mosque

Beirut, Lebanon

Church of St. John the Baptist

Al-Omari Grand Mosque

Morocco

Roman temple of Hercules

Grand Mosque of Tangier

Damascus, Syria

John the Baptist which was earlier, a Roman Pagan temple of Jupiter

Umayyad Mosque 

Homs

Saint John the Baptist

Great Mosque of al-Nuri 

Syria

temple to worship the Roman god Jupiter

Great Mosque of Hama

Syria

Cathedral of Saint Helena

Great Mosque of Aleppo

Tripoli, Libya

Tripoli Cathedral 

Maidan al Jazair Square Mosque

Iraq

Syrian Orthodox Church of St. Ephraim

 Mosque of the Mujahideen

 Burlington, NC

UCC church

Burlington Masjid

 Syracuse, NY

Catholic church

Masjid Isa Ibn Maryam

Hollis, Queens, New York, NY

ELCA-Lutheran church

Masjid 'Eesa ibn Maryam

Babri Masjid was demolished and now Shri Ram temple being built again.1

A part of Cave of Patriarchs has been restored to a synagogue again by Israel after 1967.2

Church of Saint Nicholas turned to the mosque has now been converted to a mausoleum.3