Why did islam adopt this symbol of a Crescant star?
The early Muslim community did not really have a symbol. During the time of the Muhammad, Muslim armies and caravans flew simple solid-colored flags (generally black, green, or white) for identification purposes. In later generations, the Muslim leaders continued to use a simple black, white, or green flag with no markings, writings, or symbolism on it. Muhammad used flags of different colors in different Ghazwat (or campaigns commanded by Muhammad himself) and Saraya (or campaigns commanded by any Sahaba (the companions of Muhammad)). The major flag of Muhammad was known as “Al- Uqaab”, it was pure black, without symbols or markings. Its name and color was derived from Quraysh’s flag. Other minor flags were known as Al-Raya, the most important flag among them was white, others were red, yellow, and perhaps green and zebra-striped. It wasn’t until the Ottoman Empire that the crescent moon and star (star and crescent) became affiliated with the Muslim world. Legend holds that the founde
