Pakistan has hijacked the Islamic Identity since its very inception. It fused Islamic identity with its national flag in the minds of Subcontinental Muslims. But here’s a blunt truth: the Quran, the Prophet, and the Hadith do not mention the crescent moon and star as symbols of Islam. Yet, these very symbols appear everywhere — on mosques, minarets, pamphlets, jihadi symbols, Muslim student unions, and even in mobs that rally in the name of Islam.
In the wake of the Pakistan-sponsored terror attack in Pahalgam, the entire nation mourned — and Hindus raged.
The victims were clearly profiled for their faith before being killed in cold blood.
Naturally, nationalists in Bharat expressed their fury by desecrating the Pakistani flag. But this gesture offended many Indian Muslims. It sparked protests, clashes, and arrests across the country. But did the Prophet ever raise a flag bearing a crescent moon and star? Or does the Quran ask believers to venerate political symbols? And did the early Caliphs sanctify any color, shape, or insignia? The answer is an emphatic no.
Let’s unpack the dangerous lie that ties a political flag to divine Islam.
From Empire to Pakistan: How a Political Symbol Became ‘Islamic’
The crescent moon and star are not rooted in Islam’s foundations. The earliest Muslims, the Sahaba, the Rashidun Caliphs, and even the Abbasids, never used them. In fact, the first known use of the crescent moon and star on a Muslim flag comes from the Ottoman Empire in the 14th century – nearly 700 years after the Prophet’s death.
The Ottomans inherited this symbol from Byzantium (modern-day Istanbul) – where coins had symbols of the Crescent moon and Star in dedication to virgin mary
Earlier the city was was dedicated to goddess diana with similar symbols
all of this long before the advent of Islam.
In 1947, Pakistan adopted this same design. A green background with the crescent moon and star became part of its national flag. It fused Pakistani nationalism with religious sentiment to create a false sense of Islamic identity. But let’s be clear: this is a political creation, not a divine decree. Renowned scholars outside the Subcontinent agree:
“The crescent moon and star have no theological basis in Islam. They are cultural or dynastic symbols, not divine or prophetic ones.”
So why do many Indian and Pakistani Muslims get emotionally attached to it?
Scripture Is Clear: Islam Forbids Symbol-Worship
Islam is explicitly iconoclastic. It forbids any kind of attachment to objects – especially those that serve as symbols of identity or reverence.
The Surah An-Nahl 16:116 sternly warns people against using false symbols or lies in the name of Islam!
Surah An-Nisa Ayat 4:48 states that Allah shall not forgive false associates in his name. Thus, when Muslims blindly follow ill-informed clerics who teach false religious symbols, they are sinning in the name of their God!!!
Therefore, associating meaning or divinity with man-made symbols is un-Islamic. By emotionally defending the crescent moon and star, Muslims risk committing shirk. They elevate political emblems to divine status.
There is no fatwa in Sahih Bukhari, no Hadith from Sahih Muslim, and no Ayah in the Quran that assigns holiness to any flag, shape, or design.
To treat the crescent moon and star as sacred is to commit the very sin Islam abhors, i.e. assigning partners to Allah. Yet, many Indian Muslims unknowingly do just that, guided not by the Quran but by slogans, street protests, and madrassa-fed fundamentalism.
Brainwashed by Madrassas, Not Guided by the Quran
In the Indian Subcontinent, madrassas have gradually programmed generations of Muslims to associate the crescent moon and star. The green backdrop is related to Islamic piety. But this is not faith. It’s indoctrination. This misunderstanding stems from post-Partition politics.
Pakistan deliberately rebranded a war flag into an Islamic banner.
Muslims madrassas and clerics spread this illusion through Urdu publications, Islamic schools, and prayer meetings. Soon, Indian Muslims, began to internalize this imposed symbolism. They taught their children that reverence for the crescent moon and star was part of Islamic belief. And Pakistan continues to use this confusion to its advantage.
Through this false association, Pakistan weaponizes religious identity for its political agenda.
It exports this lie to Indian Muslims, who – knowingly or not – defend Pakistan’s flag as if it were the Prophet’s standard. But honestly: If this is not shirk, then what is?
Pahalgam and the Misplaced Muslim Outrage
In Pahalgam, terrorists profiled Hindus based on their religious identity. Thereafter, they executed them mercilessly. Bharat knows how Pakistan-backed groups and its officers on loan to an LeT offshoot carried out the attack. India stood in grief and fury.
As a symbolic act of protest, many Indians placed Pakistani flags on streets, doorsteps, and even near toilets — signaling their disgust for a state that exports terror.
Yet what followed was bizarre. Indian Muslims across cities like Bareilly, Ranchi, and Hyderabad erupted in anger. However, the rage was not over the killings, but over the desecration of Pakistan’s flag. In their minds, the crescent moon and star on a Paki flag is a symbol of Islam.
They failed to realize: the Pakistani flag is not sacred.
The Quran does not declare reverence for crescent moon and star motifs. The Prophet never endorsed any emblem. This emotional reaction was not theological – it was programmed hijack of Islamic Identity by Pakistan. It was political software running in religious disguise. And that’s the true tragedy.
Muslims and Their Defence of Pakistan
In the aftermath of Pahalgam, not a single mosque was attacked. No Muslim neighborhood was targeted. Nationalists didn’t call for violence. Instead, they vented their anger on Pakistan’s identity.
But instead of mourning the victims, many Indian Muslims cried “Islamophobia” over a green flag.
Unfortunately for them, they did not defend Islam. They defended a hostile nation whose intelligence agencies and terror cells regularly spill Indian blood. A nation that glorifies Hafiz Saeed and shelters Masood Azhar. Those who protested against the green paint on roads weren’t protecting the Prophet’s legacy. They were unknowingly defending Pakistan’s war symbol which represents a nation whose hands are soaked in the blood of their own countrymen.
Indian Muslim clerics never told them that this Pakistani flag has nothing to do with Allah or his Prophet!
And those same clerics never quoted this verse:
“Do not mix truth with falsehood, or hide the truth knowingly.” — Surah Al-Baqarah (2:42)
Break the Spell: Differentiate Islam from Pakistan
Indian Muslims must reclaim Islam from Pakistan’s shadow.
Islam does not have a flag. It does not claim a color. And the crescent moon with a star is not an Islamic religious symbol. It is a cultural identity nurtured by Pakistan. True Islam forbids blind symbolism. It demands monotheism and scriptural adherence — not love for Pakistan dressed as piety.
When Muslims cry over a flag after Hindu tourists are butchered, it raises a harsh question: Has your loyalty been hijacked by Pakistan?
Pakistan, through years of deception, has trained Indian Muslims to equate its flag with faith. But every time Muslims defend the crescent moon and star as sacred, they defend a political project – not the deen of Allah.
The green flag is not surrender to God.
It is submission to the Pakistani state that kills in God’s name.
Conclusion: From Faith to Freedom
The Pahalgam massacre wasn’t just a terror attack – it was a mirror to the nation.
It reflected how deeply Pakistan’s Identity Hijack has burrowed into parts of Indian Muslim consciousness. While the nation cried for it’s dead, some wept for a flag. That’s not Islam. That’s ideological conflation. Indian Muslims must reclaim their faith – from madrassa brainwashing, from political clerics, from Pakistani propaganda.
Otherwise, every time Pakistan spills blood, Bharat will bleed — and they will mourn a flag, not the fallen.