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^[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

• Baltimore^[3]
• Brownstown Charter Township, Michigan^[4]
• Columbus, Ohio^[5]
• Kingston, New York^[6]
• Washington, D.C.^[7]
• Paterson, New Jersey^[8]

Latin America & the Caribbean

• Omar Mosque, San José, Costa Rica
• Omar Bin Al-Khattab Mosque, Willemstad, Curaçao