2006-10-25 15:43:32 · 9 answers · asked by alison4122002 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
It was originally a symbol of various ancient gods and goddesses --Sin, Diana, Tanit-- and it was eventually adopted by the Byzantine empire as the symbol of Constantinople (possibly in tribute to Diana). When the Turks captured Constantinople, they adopted the city's symbol and integrated it into the Ottoman Empire, which was Islamic. Over time, the symbol became associated with the religion of Islam itself, rather than just the empire, and now it can be seen on the flags of various Muslim nations and is seen by some as a symbol of the faith on par with Christianity's cross and Judaism's Star of David.
2006-10-25 15:52:13 · answer #1 · answered by Jacob T 2 · 4⤊ 3⤋
It's from the Ottoman Empire.
It wasn't until the Ottoman Empire that the crescent moon and star became affiliated with the Muslim world. When the Turks conquered Constantinople (Istanbul) in 1453, they adopted the city's existing flag and symbol. Legend holds that the founder of the Ottoman Empire, Osman, had a dream in which the crescent moon stretched from one end of the earth to the other. Taking this as a good omen, he chose to keep the crescent and make it the symbol of his dynasty. There is speculation that the five points on the star represent the five pillars of Islam, but this is pure conjecture. The five points were not standard on the Ottoman flags, it is still not standard on flags used in the Muslim world today.
For hundreds of years, the Ottoman Empire ruled over the Muslim world. After centuries of battle with Christian Europe, it is understandable how the symbols of this empire became linked in people's minds with the faith of Islam as a whole.
2006-10-25 15:52:21 · answer #2 · answered by Justsyd 7 · 5⤊ 0⤋
Islam Symbol Meaning
2016-10-05 12:41:43 · answer #3 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hi! This symbol was adopted through the Persians. During the rise of the muslim empires this symbol suddenly became more and more popular due to a very well known religious (Qu'ran) scripture. “They ask you (O Muhammad) about the new moons. Say: These are signs to mark fixed periods of time for mankind and for the pilgrimage…” [al-Baqarah 2:189]
So therefore as the christians adopted the cross as a symbol of father son and holy ghost, the muslims adopted the crescent moon as a rememberence of lunar holy events as well as to remind us that the Day of Judgement is upon us all. I hoped I helped...
And to all others who wrote that it is related to a moon god or something like that, they are totally incorrect. The arabs that were mentioned in the above articles were pagans NOT muslims of the time and this symbol was adopted by MUSLIMS not by any other god or false idol worship.
2006-10-25 15:54:32 · answer #4 · answered by Mom_of_two 5 · 2⤊ 2⤋
Wrong. It is the symbol of the crescent ('Ship of Heaven') that rotates (nothing more than reflected light of Saturn's ice rings) around Saturn on a daily bases. Religion at its finest, worship of the god Saturn. It's symbol appears everywhere in ancient to modern architecture in disguise amongst other symbols of all religions of the world. Look into 'the son of the Sun god". All religions intertwine the worship of the god Saturn in their symbols they display.
2013-12-29 13:22:00 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's silly to said that Muslims pray to the moon god. We pray 5 times a day and that include night and day. So does that mean we also pray to the sun god? Duhh...
The moon is adapted from the Ottoman empire, there's none during the time of Muhammad pbuh. The moon is used simply as a guide to determine the month. You can't determine the month using the sun, can you? We are talking about 1400 years ago.
Peace-
2006-10-25 16:39:03 · answer #6 · answered by Avatraz 3 · 2⤊ 2⤋
Probably, as against all the civilizations that followed solar calendar Muslims started with the lunar one, one of the quite a few exclusives to this religion. And with time lunar sign of crescent became their symbol of identity.
2006-10-25 15:49:25 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
it's not a Muslim symbol!!
it was adopted by the turks (the Ottoman empire)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crescent
2006-10-25 15:45:54 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
I've done a blog series on Allah the ancient moon god. Most Muslims deny this is true. My series is in four parts and is quite a lot of reading. If you want a quick pictorial with not much reading involved, just log in to the public access e-mail account I've set up to catalogue slideshows on various topics. So far, I've only put together one slideshow for it and it happens to be about the ancient moon god. To access the slideshow, sign in to Yahoo Mail:
USER ID: mashiahministries
PASSWORD: Israel
Click on INBOX and open the slideshow
Note: you must use a capital "I" when typing Israel or you won't get in. There are 16 slides to view in this slideshow.
2006-10-25 16:01:09 · answer #9 · answered by Shalom Yerushalayim 5 · 1⤊ 3⤋
youv asked this question like 6 times now
2006-10-27 06:56:15 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋