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Star and crescent, symbol of Turkism, not Islam. Most mosques have crescent on top of their towers(minarets), because at one point the land they've been built on had been conquered by Turks, resulting in churches and mosques being renovated into a more Turkic shape.

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current16:54, 2 October 2007Thumbnail for version as of 16:54, 2 October 2007353 × 353 (17 KB)Nyo~commonswiki (talk | contribs)==Description== Star and crescent, symbol of Islam. * Author: Nyo ==License== {{PD-user|Nyo}} Category:Islam Category:Symbols of Islam Category:Religious symbols

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