The southeastern section, which functions primarily as a mosque, contains two cenotaphs, symmetrically placed, near the center, dedicated to Isaac and Rebecca.

The BJP became the political voice of the Ram Janmabhoomi Mandir Movement, which was led by activists of the Vishwa Hindu Parishad ( VHP ) and the RSS, and which sought to build a temple dedicated to Lord Rama at the site of the Babri mosque in Ayodhya.

The BJP became the political voice of the Ram Janmabhoomi Mandir Movement, which was led by activists of the Vishwa Hindu Parishad ( VHP ) and the RSS, and was seeking to build a temple dedicated to Lord Rama in place of the Babri mosque in Ayodhya.

During the millennium celebrations, one of the largest mosque in Russia, Qolsharif, was dedicated in the Kazan Kremlin, the holiest copy of Our Lady of Kazan was returned to the city, the " Millennium Bridge " was inaugurated that year, and the Kazan Metro began operation.

The 15th and 16th centuries were a period of much construction in the city: in 1465 a monastery was founded dedicated to the Holy Trinity ; in 1569 Husein-paša ’ s mosque was built and during the 16th century the city got a sewage system.

Inscriptions on the mosque entailed the genealogy of the Zaydani family and included a poem dedicated bin Salih.

These include a mosque ( built in 1801-1802 ) and a library ( 1802 – 1803 ) dedicated to the pasha's father.

A monastery was built there by the Christian monk Hilarion in the mid-4th-century CE and is currently believed to be the site of a mosque dedicated to Saint George, known locally as al-Khidr.

Aside from the mosque at Place Uta Hammam in the medina, there is also a mosque dedicated to the patron saint of Northern Morocco's Jebalah region, Moulay Abdeslam Ben Mchich Alami.

Izmail's oldest building is the small Turkish mosque, erected either in the 15th or 16th centuries, converted into a church in 1810 and currently housing a museum dedicated to the 1790 storm of Izmail.

" He gives the Parthenon in Athens as an example ; built between 447 and 432 BCE to serve as a temple dedicated to the goddess Athena, its purpose over time changed to Christian church, mosque, and powder magazine before it became one of the most famous tourist attractions in the world.

Another legendary figure is Hadheebee Kamanaa to whom is dedicated Hadheebee Magu and Hadheebee mosque in Male '.

After the Arab conquest of Damascus in 634, the mosque was built on the site of a Christian basilica dedicated to John the Baptist ( Yahya ).

Muhammad was buried in Medina, under the Green Dome, as were the first two Rashidun ( Rightly Guided Caliphs ), Abu Bakr and Umar, who were buried in an adjacent area in the mosque.

The tombs of Fatimah ( Muhammad's daughter ) and Hassan ( Muhammad's grandson ), across from the mosque at Jannat al-Baqi, and Abu Bakr ( first caliph and the father of Muhammad's wife, Aisha ), and of Umar ( Umar ibn Al-Khattab ), the second caliph, are also here.

The mosque was originally a small prayer house built by the Rashidun caliph Umar, but was rebuilt and expanded by the Umayyad caliph Abd al-Malik and finished by his son al-Walid in 705 CE.

After the conquest of the city by Umar, this holy place was " simply taken over from the Jewish tradition " by the new rulers ; the Herodian enclosure was converted into a mosque and placed under the control of a waqf.

A mosque was located in the village center, it was maintained by the followers of al-tariqa al-khalwatiyya, a Sufi mystic order founded by Shaykh Umar al-Khalwati ( d. 1397 ) The villagers expanded and renovated the mosque in the 1930s, and added a tall minaret.

In 1571 the Ottoman Turkish ruler Mustafa Pasha converted the church into a mosque, believing that this was where the Khalifa Umar rested during his visit to Lefkosia.

The mosque remained like that during the caliphate of Abu Bakr until the caliphate of ' Umar bin al-Khattab, who enlarged the area of the mosque to 3575 m2 and built more wooden columns.

At Mosul, Harthama Arfaja, at the command of Umar, constructed a fort, few churches, a mosque and a locality for the Jewish population.

Yusuf ibn Umar, Iraq's governor, learned of the plot, commanded the people to gather at the great mosque, locked them inside and began a search for Zayd.

In the early 1850s, Toucouleur conqueror El Hadj Umar Tall invaded Kaarta, forcing the kingdom's conversion to Islam ; he built a great mosque in Nioro in 1854.

It was during that time that the passage of El Hadj Umar Tall was commemorated by building a mosque for his appraisal.

The tradition which affirms that a mosque was built on this place during the Arab Siege of Constantinople ( 717 – 18 ) by Maslamah ibn Abd al-Malik ( a commander and cousin of Caliph Umar II ) must be considered a legend, as the Arabs laid siege to the land walls of Constantinople on the southern part of the Golden Horn and never penetrated into the citadel of Galata ( Pera ) at the northern shore.

It was situated on the island at ' Anah and belonged to ... the congregational mosque.

The dominant feature during the Ottoman period was a mosque inside the Parthenon, complete with a minaret.

He ensured roadways were begun, aqueducts were constructed or improved, and that a new mosque was well funded in his capital at Córdoba.

The construction work began in November 1869 and the mosque was finished in 1871.

Haznawi grew up in the village of Hezna, where his father was a cleric at the mosque in the central marketplace section of the village.

Ordered by Sultan Bayezid I, the mosque was designed and built by architect Ali Neccar in 1396 – 1400.

Work on the mosque was started in 1980, and was intended to be completed for the 60th birthday of the former Moroccan king, Hassan II, in 1989.

As a concession, the mosque in Constantinople was re-opened and sermons were to be pronounced in az-Zahir's name.

According to Muslim tradition, in 620 Muhammed was taken on spiritual journey from Mecca to the " farthest mosque ", whose location is considered to be the Temple Mount, returning the same night.

In an interview with BBC2's Newsnight, Nasiri said Libi " needed the conflict in Iraq because months before I heard him telling us when a question was asked in the mosque after the prayer in the evening, where is the best country to fight the jihad?

The mosque was painted and decorated by a local wealthy man, Datuk Ujang bin Bagong, for the benefit of the local Muslims.

After the Muslims took over all of Egypt, the top of the Pharos supposedly became a mosque, as the beacon was no longer in working order.

The Mosque of Uqba | Great Mosque of Kairouan in Tunisia, was built in 670 and is the most prestigious mosque in the western Islamic world.

The first Chinese mosque was established in the 8th century in Xi ' an.

One of the earliest examples of these kinds of conversions was in Damascus, Syria, where in 705 Umayyad caliph Al-Walid I bought the church of St. John from the Christians and had it rebuilt as a mosque in exchange for building a number of new churches for the Christians in Damascus.

Before a mutual solution could be devised, the mosque was destroyed on December 6, 1992 as the mosque was built by Babur allegedly on the site of a previous Hindu temple marking the birthplace of Rama.

The controversy surrounded the mosque was directly linked to rioting in Bombay ( present-day Mumbai ) as well as bombings in 1993 that killed 257 people.

Sometimes a special part of the mosque was railed off for women ; for example, the governor of Mecca in 870 had ropes tied between the columns to make a separate place for women.

He was buried in Bursa, in a mausoleum erected by himself near the celebrated mosque which he built there, and which, from its decorations of green porcelain, is called the Green Mosque.

Atta also began adhering to a strict Islamic diet, frequented the mosque, seldom socialized, and was unfriendly towards the couple's unmarried daughter who had a young child.