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crescent, emblematic representation of the quarter moon. The crescent and star, ancient Byzantine symbols that became the emblems of Constantinople, were also assumed as the standard of the Ottoman Turks. The crescent surmounted by a cross indicates the origin of the Eastern Orthodox Church. The crescent appears on the flags of various present-day Muslim nations. The emblem is also used in blazonry.
crescent 1. the biconcave shape of the moon in its first or last quarters 2. Chiefly Brit a crescent-shaped street, often lined with houses of the same style 3. a. the emblem of Islam or Turkey b. Islamic or Turkish power crescent A building or series of buildings whose façades follow a concave arc of a circle or ellipse in plan. Want to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit the webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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No references found | Recently, I became more specialised in uncommon images, for examples solar transits of the space shuttle and also the first image of the New Moon crescent, for which I am in relationship with the ICOP project (Islamic Crescent Observation Project). It said in a statement that the new moon crescent announcing the beginning of Dhu al-Hijjah 1st, 1431 hegira was sighted on Sunday evening, corresponding to November 7, 2010. The Bedouins' customs all have the spirit of Islam as received from the forefathers and ancestors that by time these customs have turned into standard social habits, including the moon crescent spotting rituals on the last night of the holy Muslim fasting month of Ramadan," Sheikh Jalal Tarrar al-Khafaji, the chieftain of the Khafaja clan in Missan, told Aswat al-Iraq news agency. |
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