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What is the origin of the religious symbol involving the moon and a star?
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What is the symbol of religion Islam?
The Symbol Is A Moon And A Star. They Are On The Turkish Flag In Yellow.
Where did the religious belief in the crescent moon come from?
Answer: The crescent moon was adopted as a symbol by Muslims after Muhammad and has no religious significance. It is only a representation of the new moon - which is the basis for both the Islamic and Jewish calendars.
What is the Muslim symbol?
There is no specific Muslim symbol per Islam religion; as for example the Cross for Christians or David Star for the Jews. The symbol of the crescent moon and star is not a religious symbol. It is just a popular historical and political symbol in Islamic countries.
What is a crescent moon with two stars and pi symbol?
It has nothing with Islam religion. It is not a religious symbol. It could be related to a flag of a country.
Does Islam have any religious symbols?
No, Islam is commonly recognized by the crescent moon and the star. However, the Crescent Moon and Star are just historical and/or political symbols developed during the Ottoman Empire. No religious symbol for Islam per Islam teachings. Refer to question below.
What is the Islamic sign?
Some think mistakenly that the crescent and moon are the religious symbols of Islam which is not true. There is no religious symbol to Islam in the sense of the cross in Christianity or the David star in Judaism. refer to question below.
What does the Muslim symbol look like?
A moon and star are claimed as Islam religion symbol. However, this claim is false. No symbol valid for Islam religion as the cross for example for Christianity. Refer to question below for more information.
What does the symbol of the religion Islam look like and what is the story behind it?
There is no religious symbol for the Islam religion in the sense as the cross in Christianity or David star in Judaism. The moon and/or the star are political (and not religious) symbols that had been introduced by the Ottoman empire.
Origin of the moon?
The great impact is one of the most accepted theory of the origin of the moon.
What is Mercury symbol and its origin?
The answer depends on your religious beliefs. If you believe that a God (of whatever religion) was responsible for creation - of the Earth, Sun, moon and planets and the rest of the universe, then Mercury was just a part of that creation.
What does the moon symbolize in Native American?
The moon can be many things. In Greek mythology, the moon was the domain of Artemis, the young, Virgin huntress. Similarly, in Roman mythology, the moon was domain for the goddess Diana. Also in Greek mythology, the new moon, or the "dark" moon, is the symbol of Hecate, goddess of night, child birthing, crossroads, and more. The crescent moon with the star is Islam's religious symbol. Pagans see the moon cycle as a cycle of the women (from wax to wane- Maiden, Mother, Crone). There are many possibilities.
What is the moon a symbol of?
That depends a lot on what state the moon is in; waxing, full, or waning. But generally the moon is a symbol of femininity and cleansing.
