According to the website, the crescent moon, or hilal, in the Jalur Gemilang symbolises “the religion of Islam as the official religion of the federation and the nation”.

However, this symbol did not originate with Islam; it was adopted for the first time by the city of Byzantine (which later became Istanbul). While the Ottoman Empire ruled the Muslim world ...

Islam is the name of the religion, and its followers are known as Muslims. Muslims believe there is one true God, called Allah (the Arabic word for God). In Arabic the word Islam means 'submission ...

The Kaaba's foray into Twitter - a community not known to harvest the most spiritual opinions - began two days ago with a simple statement about itself: "The Kaaba - peace symbol of Islam".

Khayyat, the Friday prayers leader of the city of Saqqez in Iran's Kordestan province, stated that Imam Mahdi (May God hasten ...

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