PROPHET MUHAMMAD DID NOT USE THE STAR AND CRESCENT. THEY FLEW SIMPLE-SOLID COLORED FLAGS. MUHAMMAD USED RED, BLACK, OR WHITE FLAGS. THEIR FLAGS WERE FOR IDENTIFICATION PURPOSES. THEY DID NOT HAVE SYMBOLS OR MARKINGS ON THEM. THE STAR AND CRESCENT DID NOT BECOME AFFILIATED WITH THE MUSLIM WORLD UNTIL THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE CAME INTO EXISTINCE. IN 1493, THE TURKS CONQUERED ISTANBUL, THEN ADOPTED THE EXISTING STAR AND CRESCENT.
THE FOUNDER OF THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE WAS A TURK NAMED OSMAN. HE HAD A DREAM THAT THE STAR AND CRESCENT STRETCHED FROM ONE END OF THE EARTH TO THE NEXT. AFTER THAT DREAM, HE ADOPTED THE STAR AND CRESCENT AS AN ISLAMIC SYMBOL IN 1453. THIS IS WHY THE NAME OSMAAN SHARRIEFF IS MENTIONED IN THE NOI LESSONS. MASTER FARD MUHAMAMD WAS TALKING ABOUT OSMAN, THE FOUNDER OF THE TURKISH EMPIRE. THIS IS WHY HE USED A TURKISH FLAG! MANY MUSLIM COUNTIRES STILL DON'T ACCEPT THE STAR AND CRESCENT AS A SYMBOL TODAY BECAUSE THEY KNOW THE HISTORY.
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THE ABOVE FLAG IS THE FLAG OF THE QUARISH TRIBE. THIS IS THE TRIBE OF WHICH PROPHET MUHAMAMD WAS A MEMBER.
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THE ABOVE FLAG WAS USED BY PROPHET MUHAMMAD. HE ADOPTED THIS FLAG FROM THE QURAISH, AND TOOK THE SYMBOL OFF OF IT. HE CALLED THIS FLAG AL QUUAB.
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THE RED FLAG AND THE GREEN FLAG BEARING THE STAR AND CRESCENT WERE LATER ADOPTED BY THE OTTOMAN TURKS! THE ORIGINAL MUSLIMS DID NOT USE THIS SYMBOL. THE WHITE TURKS USED THIS SYMBOL. CONFUSED NEGRAZ LIKE IN THE NOI LOVE TO GET ALL RELIGIOUS AND TALK ABOUT HOW THEY USE TO LOOK AT THE STAR AND CRESCENT FROM THEIR PENITENTIARY WINDOW, TO JUSTIFY HIS USE OF THE WHITE MAN'S FLAG. NEGRAZ WILL FIGHT THE PIZZ OUT OF YOU BECAUSE THEY LOVE THE WHITE MAN'S WORLD AND ALL THAT THEY HAVE TO OFFER. AS LONG AS YOU NEGRAZ ARE UNDER THE STAR AND CRESCENT, YOU WILL NEVER ACHIEVE FREEDOM JUSTICE AND EQUALITY. IT ONLY SYMBOLIZES THAT YOU HAVE ACCEPTED THE WHITE MAN'S IDEOLOGY!--I USED "NEGRAZ" AS A TERM F0R CONFUSED ONES!!OK!!