Ill do anything i have asked 3 times which best describes the origins of islam’s holiest place? muhammad and his followers seized the ganges river, in which they bathed, prayed to allah, and scattered the ashes of their dead. muhammad and his followers seized jerusalem and confiscated the jewish first holy temple, which became their new place of worship. muhammad and his followers seized constantinople and built the hagia sophia, the world’s largest mosque. muhammad and his followers seized mecca and emptied the kaaba of pagan idols, replacing them with shrines to allah.