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Explained: The crescent in ‘Islamic’ flags | Explained News, The Indian Express

Explained: The crescent in ‘Islamic’ flags | Explained News, The Indian Express

Written by Om Marathe |Edited by Explained Desk |New Delhi |Published: July 24, 2019 5:49:22 pm

Explained: The crescent in ‘Islamic’ flags

Apart from being featured on innumerable emblems and banners on a subnational level, the crescent and star appears on the national flags of Algeria, Azerbaijan, Comoros, Malaysia, Maldives, Mauritania, Pakistan, Tunisia, and Turkey.

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The flags of Malaysia (left) and Pakistan (right)


On July 22, as India celebrated the successful launch of the Chandrayaan-2 mission, former India offspinner Harbhajan Singh posted on Twitter: “Some countries have moon on their flags… While some countries having their flags on moon”.

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