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  2. Crescent and star (symbol) - Wikipedia

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    Cyril Glassé in his The New Encyclopedia of Islam (2001 edition, s.v. "Moon") states that "in the language of conventional symbols, the crescent and star have become the symbols of Islam as much as the cross is the symbol of Christianity." [1]

  3. Symbols of Islam - Wikipedia

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    "Crescent and Star" was used as a metaphor for the rule of the Islamic empires (Ottoman and Persian) in the late 19th century in British literature. [15] This association was apparently strengthened by the increasingly ubiquitous fashion of using the crescent and star symbol in the ornamentation of Ottoman mosques and minarets. [16]

  4. 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.

  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. 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.

  7. Religion in national symbols - Wikipedia

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    Star and crescent symbolize Islam and the dark green field symbolizes the Muslim majority of Pakistan. [37] Saudi Arabia Shahada (Muslim creed) on green, a color represents Islam [38] Senegal The green stripe and star represent Islam. [39] [40] Somaliland Shahada (green may also represent Islam) Sudan Green represents Islam. [41]

  8. Allah as a lunar deity - Wikipedia

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    This was followed by the 2001 book by Morey called The Islamic Invasion: Confronting the World's Fastest-Growing Religion. Morey argued that "Allah" was a moon god in pre-Islamic Arabic mythology, and pointed to Islam's use of a lunar calendar and the use of moon imagery in Islam as support. [5]

  9. Flags of the Ottoman Empire - Wikipedia

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    The star and crescent design appears on Ottoman flags beginning in the late 18th or early 19th century. The white star and crescent moon with a red background was introduced as the flag of the Ottoman Empire in 1844. [7] [8] With the Tanzimat reforms in the 19th century, flags were redesigned in the style of the European armies of the day.

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