☪️ Star and Crescent

The ☪️ Star and Crescent emoji belongs to the religious symbols, filed by Unicode under Symbols. People send it when the subject is crescent, islam, muslim and ramadan. Unicode also files it under religion and star, which shows how widely it is read.

☪️ works in messages, comments, captions and profile names. On SmileyZone it is filed under Religion and Belief. Added in 2010 with Emoji 0.7, it displays correctly on every up-to-date system. Its code point is U+262A.

• ☪️ on its own already flags the topic: crescent.
• Fits messages about crescent, islam, muslim and ramadan.
• Often seen near ✝️ Latin Cross, ☦️ Orthodox Cross and ☮️ Peace Symbol.

Star and crescent are widely taken as the sign of Islam, but they are not a religious symbol in the strict sense. The Qur’an does not mention them. They come from Byzantium, were adopted by the Ottoman Empire and passed from there into the flags of several Muslim-majority states.

Some Muslims therefore reject the symbol. The crescent does have a genuine religious function, though: the Islamic calendar is lunar, and the visible new moon determines the start and end of Ramadan.

• ☪️☯️ – Star and Crescent and Yin Yang
• ☪️✝️ – Star and Crescent with Latin Cross
• ☪️☦️ – Star and Crescent plus Orthodox Cross
• ☪️🔯 – Star and Crescent and Dotted Six-Pointed Star
• ☪️⚛️ – Star and Crescent with Atom Symbol
• ☪️✡️ – Star and Crescent plus Star of David
• ☪️🕎 – Star and Crescent and Menorah
• ☪️☮️ – Star and Crescent with Peace Symbol

Easy to mix up with ✝️ Latin Cross, ☦️ Orthodox Cross or ☮️ Peace Symbol. They sit in the same Unicode subgroup and look similar at small sizes, so it is worth checking the name before sending.