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Parthenon was used as a Christian church from the 6th century, and turned into a mosque between 1456 and 1687.
See en.wikipedia.org
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Our Lady of Ljeviš was converted to a mosque during the Ottoman Empire and then back into an Orthodox Church in the early 20th century.
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"There is also a possibility that at least one of the churches was converted into a mosque after the Islamic conquest." (AB Ev)
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Tomb of the Patriarchs
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Was a Visigoth church before being converted to a mosque in 784. Became a Church again in 1236.
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There is a Crusader church in Bet Guvrin used by the Knights Hospitalers. It was later converted into a mosque
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Galerius' Masoleum which was turned into a church (St Gregorios and not Demitrius) and then into a mosque.
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The Cathedral of Syracuse "was converted into a mosque in 878, then converted back when Norman Roger I of Sicily retook the city in 1085." (wiki)
See en.wikipedia.org
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There's now a mosque in one of the buildings of the Byzantine Red Basilica (wikitravel)
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"Ketchaoua Mosque" was re-created in 1962 from "Cathedral of St Philippe" which itself had been created from the Ketchaoua mosque in 1845.
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"Hagia Sophia" became "Ayasofya Mosque" from 1453 -1935 (Now a museum); "Saint John the Forerunner by-the-Dome" (12th C) became the "Hirami Ahmet Pasha Mosque" in late 16th century
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In 705 the "Church of St John" was rebuilt as a mosque (immediately after the Muslim conquest in 636 it was shared between Christians and Muslims). Now known as "Umayyad Mosque".
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During the time of Ottoman rule St. Clement's Monastery church at Plaosnik was transformed into the Imater Mosque. The mosque did not survive the end of the Ottoman Empire.