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The number 4 is a very important number in Islam with many significations: Eid-al-Adha lasts for four days from the 10th to the 14th of Dhul Hijja; there were four Caliphs; there were four Archangels; there are four months in which war is not permitted in Islam; when a woman's husband dies she is to wait for four months and ten days; the Rub el ...
During this period the Lion and Sun stood for two pillars of the society: the state and Islam. The Afsharid dynasty (1736–1796) had two royal standards, one with red, white, and blue stripes and one with red, blue, white, and yellow stripes. Nader Shah's personal flag was a yellow pennant with a red border and a lion and sun emblem in the ...
bears a star and crescent and the green represents Islam [7] Flag of Iran the center emblem is a stylized form of the Arabic word Allah and its five parts represent the Five Pillars of Islam ; the red and green bands bear the Takbir [ 8 ]
Muslim men wear the tubeteika. In Russia, the tubeteika is worn with a suit for Eid ul Fitr or Jumu'ah, and a tuxedo for wedding ceremonies. Russian Muslims also wear the doppa or rug cap. In Russia, giving a rug cap to a person as a gift is a sign of friendship. The Russian name for the doppa is tubeteika.
The Druze strictly avoid iconography, but use five colors ("Five Limits") on their Druze star and Druze flag as a religious symbol: [7] [8] [9] green, red, yellow, blue, and white. Each color pertains to a metaphysical power called ḥadd , literally "a limit", as in the distinctions that separate humans from animals, or the powers that make ...
Green is a color associated with the primary religion of Islam – and therefore also a color representative of the caliphates. [4] [5] Green is also identified as the color of the Fatimid Caliphate by some modern sources, [3] [6] despite their dynastic color having been white. [7] [8] [9] Finally, red was the Hashemite dynastic color.
Muslims wear a wide variety of clothing, which is influenced not only by religious considerations, but also by practical, cultural, social, and political factors. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] In modern times, some Muslims have adopted clothing based on Western traditions, while others wear modern forms of traditional Muslim dress, which over the centuries has ...
Symbols of Islam; B. Black Standard; G. Green in Islam; I. Islamic flag; R. Rub el Hizb; S. Star and crescent This page was last edited on 20 March 2013, at 00:57 ...