Post by Kr/\T0s on May 16, 2007 22:14:08 GMT -5
[glow=black,2,300]Q:[/glow] So, I know that the cresent moon is the symbol of islam and is featured on the flags of bunch of countries. But why? How did that symbol come to refresent Islam? What's up with that?
[glow=red,2,300]A:[/glow] [glow=black,2,300]Just as the cross is the internationally-recognized symbol of Christianity, and the Star of Davied tied to Judaism, the cresent moon the accepted symbol of Islam and the dominating symbol of many Muslim countries, It adorns flags, mosques, and is even used on some product advertisements.
Although the cresent moon and star symbols predate founding of the Islamic religion by thousands of years, the most prevelent explanation involves the ancient city of Byzantium, which later became known as Constantinople and Istanbul. According to the stories, the rulers of Bszantium had adopted the cresent moon as the symbol of the city. Most historians say it was chosen in honor of the Goddess Diana, or that it was in hof a battle won on the first day of alunar moon, when the moon is at its slimest
Later when the Ottoman Empire conquered the city (then called Constantinople) around the year 1450, they adopted the city's flag and its symbol, The story continues that Osman, the founder of the Ottoman Empire, had a dream in which cresent moon filled the sky from one end to the other. he took the dream as an omen that his kingdom would stretch across the earth, and adopted the symbol as his own. And since, for centuries, the Ottomans ruled much of the Muslim world, the symbol became associated with the religion as a whole.[/glow]
[glow=red,2,300]A:[/glow] [glow=black,2,300]Just as the cross is the internationally-recognized symbol of Christianity, and the Star of Davied tied to Judaism, the cresent moon the accepted symbol of Islam and the dominating symbol of many Muslim countries, It adorns flags, mosques, and is even used on some product advertisements.
Although the cresent moon and star symbols predate founding of the Islamic religion by thousands of years, the most prevelent explanation involves the ancient city of Byzantium, which later became known as Constantinople and Istanbul. According to the stories, the rulers of Bszantium had adopted the cresent moon as the symbol of the city. Most historians say it was chosen in honor of the Goddess Diana, or that it was in hof a battle won on the first day of alunar moon, when the moon is at its slimest
Later when the Ottoman Empire conquered the city (then called Constantinople) around the year 1450, they adopted the city's flag and its symbol, The story continues that Osman, the founder of the Ottoman Empire, had a dream in which cresent moon filled the sky from one end to the other. he took the dream as an omen that his kingdom would stretch across the earth, and adopted the symbol as his own. And since, for centuries, the Ottomans ruled much of the Muslim world, the symbol became associated with the religion as a whole.[/glow]
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