2007-12-08 16:18:27 · 6 answers · asked by Ace of Spades 5 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
In Mecca during Muhammad’s day there was a temple containing 360 idols, one of which was Al-ilah or Allah, which had been recognized as the chief god of Muhammad’s tribe for centuries. It was the moon god, and the sign of the crescent moon that is so prominent in Islam, “harks back to the early Arab worship of Allah as the moon god” (Hunt, p. 128). Muhammad received revelations that Allah was not merely a chief tribal god but the only true God and that Muhammad was his chosen and exclusive prophet.
2007-12-08 16:21:18 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
It is not, even if it is. It does not matter. Islam is not symbolic. Crescent and star was symbol of Ottoman empire not Islamic. BTW, cross was a pagan symbol
2007-12-09 00:22:59 · answer #2 · answered by Happily Happy 7 · 4⤊ 2⤋
I believe the Ottoman Empire stole it from the old Byzantine Empire's standard.
2007-12-09 00:21:47 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The swastika was used as a symbol of good luck, no kidding.
2007-12-09 00:22:19 · answer #4 · answered by phule_poet 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes, it was used heavily by some of the places that the Muslim states conquered, so they adopted it into their religion.
2007-12-09 00:21:27 · answer #5 · answered by CRtwenty 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You mean, like the Cross was before Christians started using it?
2007-12-09 00:21:13 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 1⤋