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Crescent - Definition and Overview |
| Related Words: Alley, Alleyway, Annulet, Argent, Armory, Arms, Arterial, Artery, Autoroute, Avenue, Azure, Bar, Baton, Bearings |
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A crescent is the shape you get if you cut out of a circle another circle of roughly the same size, but offset to one side. You might also describe it as the shape the lit side of a sphere takes on if, in respect to the viewer, the light source is behind and to one side of the sphere (as in a crescent moon).
The word Crescent appears in the name of some places:
The crescent is also often used to symbolize the Islamic faith. However, it should be noted that the crescent was not a symbol used for Islam by Muhammad or any other early Muslim rulers, in fact the Islam is against appointing "Holy Symbols". Despite that the 5-branch star is quite often used as the symbol of the Islam. The flag of Turkey is similar to the flag used in late periods of Ottoman Empire. The red-crescent logo at the international museum A Red Crescent substitutes the Red Cross in Islamic countries (but for pre-revolution Iran).
But it is interesting to notice that very few Arab nations use the symbol. Morocco, which has never known the Turkish occupation, has only a 5-branch star on its flag. The new, American-designed, post-Saddam Iraqi flag uses that symbol as well.
This is of importance, since many Christian fundamentalists such as Jack Chick use this symbolism to make a claim that Allah was in fact a moon-god worshipped by the pre-Islamic Arabs. This argument is sometimes used to argue that the god of Islam is different from that of the Jews or Christians.
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Example Usage of Crescent |
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RacingVideoPro: www.racingvideopro.com: Sports on the air - Post-Crescent http://bit.ly/1cdtAA |
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PeteGj: RT @strongthought: @photog357 It's more than a Crescent and less than full. Looks "odd". Go look (if it's clear) #hhrs || Yeah, right. Clear |
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strongthought: @photog357 It's more than a Crescent and less than full. Looks "odd". Go look (if it's clear) #hhrs |
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