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From: chapelhill!err@fibercom.com (Eric Rubin)
Newsgroups: soc.religion.islam
Subject: Crescent moon and star
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Date: 5 Dec 89 16:20:03 GMT
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Approved: naim@eecs.nwu.edu (Naim Abdullah)


Seeing Venus very close to the crescent moon last Friday evening
reminded me of a question that I've wondered about for a long time:
Why is the crescent and star an Islamic symbol?  What does it
represent? 

Assalaam Aleikum,

Eric
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