Mosque of Omar
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Mosque of Omar, Masjid Umar, Masjid-e-Umar, Al-Omari Mosque or Mosque of Omar ibn al-Khattab is a name given to many mosques, usually referring to Omar, a companion of Muhammad and Caliph (579-644) recognized by Sunni Muslims in the succession to Muhammad. Masjid is the Arabic word for a place of worship, commonly translated as mosque in English.
Notable examples
Notable ones include (alphabetically, by city):
Historical
- Al-Omari Mosque (today's Grand Husseini Mosque), Amman, Jordan
- Al-Omari Grand Mosque, Beirut, Lebanon
- Mosque of Omar (Bethlehem), West Bank, State of Palestine
- Al-Omari Mosque (Bosra), Syria
- Al-Omari Mosque (Daraa), Syria.
- Omar ibn al-Khattab Mosque, Dumat al-Jandal, Saudi Arabia
- Great Mosque of Gaza also known as al-Omari Mosque, Gaza City
- Omari Mosque (Jabalia), Gaza Strip (see Jabalia#History)
- Mosque of Omar (Jerusalem), State of Palestine
- Musalla of Omar (Mosque of Omar), Jerusalem: the east wing of the al-Aqsa Mosque (al-Qibli Mosque)
- Dome of the Rock, Jerusalem: in the past also known in the West as Mosque of Omar
- Sidna Omar mosque, Jerusalem, State of Palestine
Modern
- Mesquita Omar Ibn Al-Khatab, Foz do Iguaçu, Brazil
- Al Farooq Omar Bin Al Khattab Mosque, Dubai, UAE
- Umar Mosque (Leicester), UK
- Mosque of Omar Ibn Al-Khattab, Maicao, Colombia
Others
United Kingdom
- Birmingham[1]
- Bradford[1]
- Cardiff[1]
- Darlaston[1]
- Gloucester[1]
- Huddersfield[1]
- London, Barking district of East London,[1] where convicted terrorist plotter Umar Haque attended
- Nottingham[2]
- Sheffield[2]
United States
Latin America & the Caribbean
- Omar Mosque, San José, Costa Rica
- Omar Bin Al-Khattab Mosque, Willemstad, Curaçao
