Imbali yenyanga ekhethiweyo e-Islam
Kukholelwa ngokubanzi ukuba i-crescent kunye neenkwenkwezi luphawu olwamkelweyo jikelele lwe-Islam. Emva kwayo yonke loo nto, uphawu lukhona kwiiflegi zamazwe aliqela amaSilamsi kwaye luyinxalenye yomqondiso osemthethweni we-International Federation yeRed Cross kunye neRed Crescent Societies. AmaKristu anomnqamlezo, amaJuda aneNkwenkwezi kaDavide kwaye amaSilamsi anenyanga yenyanga - okanye ke kucingelwa njalo. Inyaniso, nangona kunjalo, inzima ngakumbi.
Isimboli yangaphambi kobuSilamsi
Ukusetyenziswa kwenyanga kunye neenkwenkwezi njengeempawu kunokwandulela amaSilamsi ngamawaka aliqela eminyaka. Ulwazi malunga nemvelaphi yesimboli kunzima ukuyiqinisekisa, kodwa uninzi lwemithombo iyavuma ukuba ezi mpawu zamandulo zezulu zazisetyenziswa ngabantu base-Asia eseMbindini naseSiberia kunqulo lwabo lwelanga, lwenyanga nolwezulu. Kukho iingxelo zokuba inyanga kunye nenkwenkwezi zazisetyenziselwa ukumela isithixokazi saseCarthage uTanit okanye isithixokazi samaGrike uDiana.
Isixeko saseByzantium (esathi kamva saziwa njengeConstantinople kunye neIstanbul) samkela inyanga yenyanga njengenwebu yayo Ngokutsho kobunye ubungqina, bakhetha imbeko uthixokazi Diana. Eminye imithombo ibonisa ukuba ibuyela kumlo apho amaRoma oyisa amaGoth ngomhla wokuqala wenyanga. Kwimeko nayiphi na into, i-crescent yayikho kwiflegi yesixeko nangaphambi kokuzalwa kukaKristu.
Uluntu lokuqala lwamaSilamsi
Uluntu lwangaphambili lwamaSilamsi lwalungenasimboli eyaziwayo. Ngexesha lomprofeti uMuhammad (uxolo malube kuye), imikhosi yamaSilamsi kunye neekharavani zaziphakamisa iiflegi ezinemibala ecacileyo (zihlala zimnyama, ziluhlaza okanye zimhlophe) ngeenjongo zokuchonga. Kwizizukulwana ezizayo, iinkokheli zamaSilamsi zaqhubeka zisebenzisa iflegi emnyama emnyama, emhlophe okanye eluhlaza ngaphandle kweempawu, iileta okanye uphawu lwalo naluphi na uhlobo.
Ubukhosi base-Ottoman
Kwakunjalo kuphela ngexesha lobukhosi base-Ottoman apho inyanga yenyanga kunye neenkwenkwezi zajoyina umhlaba wamaSilamsi. Xa abantu baseTurkey boyisa iConstantinople (Istanbul) ngo-1453 AD, bamkela iflegi esele ikho kunye nomqondiso wesixeko. Intsomi ithi umseki woBukhosi base-Ottoman, u-Osman, wayenephupha apho inyanga yenyanga yayisuka kwelinye icala lomhlaba iye kwelinye. Ukuthatha oku njenge-omen elungileyo, wakhetha ukugcina i-crescent kwaye wayenza uphawu lomnombo wakhe. Amanqaku amahlanu kwinkwenkwezi acingelwa ukuba amele iintsika ezintlanu zobuSilamsi, kodwa oku kuyinyani. Amanqaku amahlanu ayengekho mgangathweni kwiiflegi zase-Ottoman kwaye akakabikho mgangatho kwiiflegi ezisetyenziswa kwihlabathi lamaSilamsi namhlanje.
Kwiminyaka elikhulu, ubukhosi base-Ottoman babulawula ilizwe lamaSilamsi. Emva kwamakhulu eminyaka edabi kunye ne-Europe yaseYurophu, iyaqondakala indlela iisimboli zobu bukumkani ezinxulunyaniswe ngayo ezingqondweni zabantu kunye nenkolo yama-Islam iyonke. Ilifa leesimboli, nangona kunjalo, lisekwe kulwalamano lwama-Ottoman, hayi kwinkolo yamaSilamsi ngokwawo.
Lwamkelwe uphawu lwe-Islam?
Ngokusekwe kweli bali, uninzi lwamaSilamsi luyakwala ukusetyenziswa kwenyanga engu-crescent njengophawu lwe-Islam. Ukholo lwamaSilamsi aluzange lube nophawu kwaye uninzi lwamaSilamsi alwamkeli oko bakubonayo njengophawu lwakudala lobuhedeni. Ngokuqinisekileyo ayisebenzisi ngokufanayo phakathi kwamaSilamsi. Abanye bakhetha ukusebenzisa i-Ka'aba, i-Arab calligraphy okanye i-icon ye-mosque elula njengeempawu zokholo.