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  2. Symbols of Islam - Wikipedia

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    La ilaha illallah, Muhammadun rasulullah (English translation: "There is no god but Allah and Muhammad is Allah’s messenger"). White background with Shahadah written in Islamic calligraphy is currently used as the present-day flag of Afghanistan. Shahadah is one of the Five Pillars of Islam and part of the Adhan. It reads: "I bear witness ...

  3. Depictions of Muhammad - Wikipedia

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    By crediting the image to a Christian and predating it to the time before Muhammad became a prophet, the manufacturers of the image exonerate themselves from any wrongdoing. [ 53 ] The motif was taken from a photograph of a young Tunisian taken by the Germans Rudolf Franz Lehnert and Ernst Heinrich Landrock in 1905 or 1906, which had been ...

  4. Aniconism in Islam - Wikipedia

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    Interior of the Sheikh Lotf Allah Mosque in Isfahan, Iran. In some forms of Islamic art, aniconism (the avoidance of images of sentient beings) stems in part from the prohibition of idolatry and in part from the belief that the creation of living forms is God's prerogative. The Quran itself does not prohibit visual representation of any living ...

  5. Islamic art - Wikipedia

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    These pictures were often meant to illustrate well-known historical or poetic stories. [7] Some interpretations of Islam, however, include a ban of depiction of animate beings, also known as aniconism. Islamic aniconism stems in part from the prohibition of idolatry and in part from the belief that creation of living forms is God's prerogative ...

  6. File:Allah.svg - Wikipedia

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    This tag does not generally apply to all images of texts. Particular countries can have different legal definition of the “literary work” as the subject of copyright and different courts' interpretation practices.

  7. List of flags with Islamic symbolism - Wikipedia

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    the center emblem is a stylized form of the Arabic word Allah and its five parts represent the Five Pillars of Islam; the red and green bands bear the Takbir [8] Flag of Iraq bears the Takbir [ 9 ]

  8. Allah - Wikipedia

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    Gereja Kalam Kebangunan Allah (Word of God Revival Church) in Indonesia. Allah is the word for "God" in the Indonesian language - even in Alkitab (Christian Bible, from الكتاب al-kitāb = the book) translations, while Tuhan is the word for "Lord". Christians in Malaysia also use the word Allah for "God".

  9. Islamic ornament - Wikipedia

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    One example of the use of geometry to indicate a specific message is visible over the entrance of one of the Kharraqan towers, where star-shaped polygons frame the word "Allah" (God). The development of vegetal ornament from Egypt, the ancient Near East, and the Hellenistic world culminated in the Islamic arabesque. [3]