The flag was officially adopted on Oct. 1, 1949. The white serrated band with five points represent the five pillars of Islam. The red color is a traditional choice of all the Persian Gulf states ...

Baker saw the rainbow as a natural flag from the sky, so he adopted eight colors for the stripes, each with its own meaning: hot pink for sex, red for life, orange for healing, yellow for sunlight, ...

Give each student a piece of paper or poster board, compass, straight edge and copies of the handout, "Construction of an Islamic Pattern." Through demonstration and/or one-on-one work, help students ...

Despite the pragmatic and cynical cooperation between the Assad regime, [Islamic State], Al-Qaeda, and Iran, I don’t believe, as many in the region are suggesting, that this was a false-flag ...

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Michel Gurfinkiel is a public intellecctual, ascholar of European Islamism, Turkey, and the Arab-Israeli conflict, founder and president of the Jean-Jacques Rousseau Institute, a Paris-based think ...

The word 'Islam' in Arabic means submission to the will of God. Followers of Islam are called Muslims. Muslims believe there is one true God Allah (the Arabic word for God). Muslims believe that ...

Tensions recently flared in Faizganj Behta, Badaun, Uttar Pradesh, after an Islamic flag was allegedly hoisted on a mobile ...

Islam is like a clear stream, with well defined characteristic, which is the same everywhere. But the soil over which the stream flows can be very varied. Moreover, in each case, the water will take ...

The first celebration of the U.S. Flag's birthday was held in 1877, on the 100th anniversary of the Flag Resolution of 1777. However, it is believed that the first annual recognition of the flag's ...