Palestinian historian Aref al-Aref says local legend attributes this Umar ibn al-Khattab who ordered Arab general Amr ibn al-'As to build a mosque next to every church in lands conquered by the Muslims.
mosque | Mosque | Grand Mosque | Babri Mosque | Umayyad Mosque | Mosque-Madrassa of Sultan Hassan | Little Mosque on the Prairie | East London Mosque | Al-Aqsa Mosque | Undercover Mosque | Sailor's Mosque | Quba Mosque | Mother Mosque of America | Mosque of Ibn Tulun | Mihrimah Mosque | London Central Mosque | Laleli Mosque | Great Mosque of Aleppo | Grand Mosque Seizure | Atik Valide Mosque | Al-Zaytuna Mosque | Zeyrek Mosque | Sultan Sulaiman Mosque | Sultan Ahmed Mosque | Sultan Abu Bakar State Mosque | Sona Mosque | Shah Jahan Mosque, Woking | Shah Jahan Mosque | Shah Abbas Mosque | ''On the Way between Old and New Cairo, Citadel Mosque of Mohammed Ali, and Tombs of the Mamelukes'', by Louis Comfort Tiffany |