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  2. Symbols of Islam - Wikipedia

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    The crescent is usually associated with Islam and regarded as its symbol. The crescent and star had been used in the coinage of the Sassanid Persian Empire. The Umayyad Caliphate, after the Rashidun Caliphate's conquest of the region, continue to use similar coins with some modification but leaving the star and crescent intact.

  3. Crescent and star (symbol) - Wikipedia

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    The conjoined representation of a crescent and a star is used in various historical contexts, including as a prominent symbol of the Ottoman Empire, and in contemporary times, as a national symbol by some countries, and by some Muslims as a symbol of Islam, [1] while other Muslims reject it as an Islamic symbol. [2]

  4. Islamic flag - Wikipedia

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    An Islamic flag is the flag either representing an Islamic caliphate, religious order, state, civil society, military force or other entity associated with Islam.Islamic flags have a distinct history due to the Islamic prescription on aniconism, making particular colours, inscriptions or symbols such as crescent-and-star popular choices.

  5. List of flags with Islamic symbolism - Wikipedia

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    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 ]

  6. Allah as a lunar deity - Wikipedia

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    In addition to books and pamphlets, the 'moon-god Allah' theory has been widely disseminated online through visual media such as memes. These often combine unrelated symbols, artifacts, and Islamic imagery to imply a connection between Islam and pre-Islamic moon worship, juxtaposing visual elements to promote these claims.

  7. Religion in national symbols - Wikipedia

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    White crescent moon symbolizes Islam [34] Mauritania Star and crescent and green color symbolize Islam [35] Morocco The green represents Islam. The pentagram's five points symbolize the five Pillars of Islam. [36] Pakistan Star and crescent symbolize Islam and the dark green field symbolizes the Muslim majority of Pakistan. [37]

  8. List of Arab flags - Wikipedia

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    A green field with the golden five-pointed star and the golden horizontal crescent moon, the closed side is down, in the center in between two red horizontal bands on the top and the bottom edges of the flag. 1915 to present Flag of Morocco: A red field with the Seal of Solomon is the green pentagram, a five-pointed linear star, in the center.

  9. Crescent - Wikipedia

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    The crescent also became the symbol of the Umayyad Caliphate. [citation needed] The crescent appears to have been adopted as an emblem on military flags by the Islamic armies from at least the 13th century, although the scholarly consensus holds that the widespread use of the crescent in Islam develops later, during the 14th to 15th century. [17]