List of worship places converted or destroyed by Muslims

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Throughout history, Muslims have destroyed worship places of other religions or converted them into mosques. This is a list of these worship places.

Contents 1 Christian worship places 2 Arab Polytheist worship places 3 Jewish worship places 4 Hindu worship places 5 Buddhist worship places 6 Other 7 References 8 Further reading

[edit] Christian worship places

• Pantokrator Monastery
• St. Sophia Cathedral
• St. Nicholas Cathedral
• The Hagia Sophia

[edit] Arab Polytheist worship places

• Ka'aba

[edit] Jewish worship places

• Al Aqsa
• The Tomb of Joseph

[edit] Hindu worship places

• Destruction Of Hindu Temples By Muslims - Part I

• Destruction Of Hindu Temples By Muslims - Part II

• Destruction Of Hindu Temples By Muslims - Part III

• Destruction Of Hindu Temples By Muslims - Part IV (The Epigraphic Evidence)

[edit] Buddhist worship places

• Bihar: Medieval Islamic invasions, decline of Buddhism

• Buddhism and It's Spread Along the Silk Road: see Decline of Buddhism

• Persecution of Buddhists by Muslims

• Buddhism was spread throughout Afghanistan, ended by Islamic invasion

• Buddhas of Bamyan

• Bamiyan: Professor Tarzi's Survey and Excavatian Archeolagical Mission

• The Giant Buddhas film by Christian Frei

• Buddhas of Bamiyan, photos prior to destruction by Taliban

• History of Buddhism: see Mahayana Expansion: India: Muslim invasions, Nalanda, Bihar

• Mahabodhi Temple

• Nālānda University

• Odantapuri

• Sarnath

• Somapura

• Uddiyana: Buddhist culture, monasteries estroyed by Islamic invasion 11th century

• Vaishali

• Vikramaśīla University

• Hindu and Buddhist Heritage of Pakistan

[edit] Other

• Ayatollah Sadegh Khalkhali oversaw the destruction by dynamite of the mausoleum of Reza Pahlavi.^[1]

[edit] References

[edit] Further reading

• Sita Ram Goel: Hindu Temples - What Happened to Them