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tamouh said:Crescent is not the islamic symbol during crusade wars...I believe black and green flags were the symbol. Byzantines are who used the crescent for the first time which later was adopted by Ottomon empire:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crescent
Anyway, I know for a fact the crescent wasn't a symbol nor a flag for Islam until that time. I believe different muslim regions used to carry different flag colors (e.g. iraq region were known for their black flags, the Sham region (syria,lebanon,jordan,palestine) had the green or the red flag.
This is nice article on crusade time that looks at both sides:
http://www.doaks.org/Crusades/CR03.pdf
Neat,
What's your point, or do you want me to look that up on wilkpedia too?
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