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The most widely recognized symbol for Islam is the "crescent moon" which is really a coincidence of history. The crescent moon was the symbol of the Ottoman Empire and was historically grafted onto Islam simply by dint of the Ottomans being the most powerful Islamic Empire in modern times.

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