Mosque of Omar
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):
- 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.
- Al Farooq Omar Bin Al Khattab Mosque, Dubai, UAE
- Omar ibn al-Khattab Mosque, Dumat al-Jandal, Saudi Arabia
- Mesquita Omar Ibn Al-Khatab, Foz do Iguaçu, Brazil
- 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
- Umar Mosque (Leicester), UK
- Mosque of Omar Ibn Al-Khattab, Maicao, Colombia
Others
=United Kingdom=
- Birmingham{{cite news |title= Masjed-e-Umar |url= https://mosques.muslimsinbritain.org/maps.php#/mosque/15042604 |access-date= 3 March 2018 |work= mosques.muslimsinbritain.org |language= en-us}}
- Bradford
- Cardiff
- Darlaston
- Gloucester
- Huddersfield
- London, Barking district of East London, where convicted terrorist plotter Umar Haque attended
- Nottingham{{Cite web |title=Masjid/Mosque Directory - Most comprehensive web directory on the web |url=https://www.mosquedirectory.co.uk/ |access-date=2022-12-20 |website=www.mosquedirectory.co.uk}}
- Sheffield
=United States=
- Baltimore{{cite web |url=http://www.umarmasjid.org/ |title=Masjid Umar |website=www.umarmasjid.org |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130626212752/http://umarmasjid.org/ |archive-date=2013-06-26}}
- Brownstown Charter Township, Michigan{{Cite web |title=MASJID UMAR BIN KHATTAB/ISLAMIC ASSOCIATION OF MICHIGAN. |url=https://masjidumarbinkhattab.org/ |access-date=2022-12-20 |website=masjidumarbinkhattab.org}}
- Columbus, Ohio{{Cite web |title=Masjid Omar |url=https://www.masjidomarohio.org/ |access-date=2022-12-20 |website=Masjid Omar |language=en-US}}
- Kingston, New York{{Cite web |title=Homepage - Masjid Umar |url=https://masjidumar.us/ |access-date=2022-12-20 |website=masjidumar.us}}
- Washington, D.C.{{Cite web |title=Masjid Umar al-Farooq |url=https://farooqmasjid.org/ |access-date=2022-12-20 |website=farooqmasjid.org}}
- Paterson, New Jersey{{Cite web |title=Omar Mosque, Paterson, New Jersey - Prayers Connect - |url=https://prayersconnect.com/mosques/36912-omar-mosque-paterson-new-jersey-united-states |access-date=2022-12-20 |website=prayersconnect.com}}
=Latin America & the Caribbean=
- Omar Mosque, San José, Costa Rica
- Omar Bin Al-Khattab Mosque, Willemstad, Curaçao